CVE-2017-15595 (GCVE-0-2017-15595)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-18 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-240.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43014/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2017-10-18 00:00
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