Use After Free Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.4lts3-0+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-XEN-367482
  • published28 Nov 2017
  • disclosed28 Nov 2017

Introduced: 28 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-17045  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 xen to version 4.4.4lts3-0+deb8u1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.