Resource Exhaustion Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.1-1+deb9u3
Threat Intelligence
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- published18 Oct 2017
- disclosed18 Oct 2017
Introduced: 18 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-15596 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 xen to version 4.8.1-1+deb9u3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.