CVE-2017-10923 (GCVE-0-2017-10923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-05 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:50
VLAI
Summary
Xen through 4.8.x does not validate a vCPU array index upon the sending of an SGI, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash), aka XSA-225.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038735 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99160 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-225.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2017-07-04 00:00
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