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- published28 Nov 2017
- disclosed28 Nov 2017
Introduced: 28 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-17045 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 xen.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17045
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17045
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879