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CVE-2017-17044
Current Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
Basic Data
| Published | November 28, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Last Modified | October 03, 2019 |
| Assigner | cve@mitre.org |
| Data Type | CVE |
| Data Format | MITRE |
| Data Version | 4.0 |
| Problem Type | CWE-835 |
| CVE Data Version | 4.0 |
Base Metric V2
| CVSS 2 - Version | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| CVSS 2 - Vector String | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| CVSS 2 - Access Vector | LOCAL |
| CVSS 2 - Access Complexity | LOW |
| CVSS 2 - Authentication | NONE |
| CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact | NONE |
| CVSS 2 - Availability Impact | COMPLETE |
| CVSS 2 - Base Score | 4.9 |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| Exploitability Score | 3.9 |
| Impact Score | 6.9 |
| Obtain All Privilege | false |
| Obtain User Privilege | false |
| Obtain Other Privilege | false |
Base Metric V3
| CVSS 3 - Version | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| CVSS 3 - Vector String | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CVSS 3 - Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| CVSS 3 - Attack Complexity | LOW |
| CVSS 3 - Privileges Required | LOW |
| CVSS 3 - User Interaction | NONE |
| CVSS 3 - Scope | CHANGED |
| CVSS 3 - Confidentiality Impact | NONE |
| CVSS 3 - Integrity Impact | NONE |
| CVSS 3 - Availability Impact | HIGH |
| CVSS 3 - Base Score | 6.5 |
| CVSS 3 - Base Severity | MEDIUM |
| Exploitability Score | 2.0 |
| Base Severity | MEDIUM |
Configurations
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OR - Configuration 1
Cpe Version Part Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language SW Edition Target SW Target HW Other Version Start Including Version End Including Version Start Excluding Version End Excluding 2.3 OS Xen Xen * * * * * * * * 4.9.1
Vulnerable Software List
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | * |
References
| Name | Source | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102008 | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102008 | BID | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| 102129 | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 | BID | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| 105954 | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105954 | BID | |
| 1039878 | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039878 | SECTRACK | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| [debian-lts-announce] 20180105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1230-1] xen security update | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html | MLIST | |
| [debian-lts-announce] 20181030 [SECURITY] [DLA 1559-1] xen security update | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html | MLIST | |
| GLSA-201801-14 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 | GENTOO | |
| https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 | CONFIRM | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.html | https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.html | CONFIRM | Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |