gsd-2017-17564
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2017-17564


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      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17564.html",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-19T10:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-12-12T23:29Z"
    }
  }
}


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