FKIE_CVE-2017-8904

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-11 19:29 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
cve@mitre.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen 4.8.0
xen xen 4.8.1
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