CVE-2017-15594 (GCVE-0-2017-15594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-18 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:57
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 SVM PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges because IDT settings are mishandled during CPU hotplugging.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-244.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2017-10-18 00:00
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