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CVE-2017-17045
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 28th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.