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CVE-2017-7228
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with...
Vulnerability Description
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.
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/97375
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
- https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
xen
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 4th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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.