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CVE-2017-17563
Published: Dec 12, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
102169
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1040769
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
[debian-lts-announce] 20180105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1230-1] xen security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[debian-lts-announce] 20181018 [SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/2
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201801-14
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-249.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-4112
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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