ubuntu-cve-2017-15596
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-10-18 08:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.

Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.9",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.8-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-armhf",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.9",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-common",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "xen",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.9.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.9.0-0ubuntu3",
        "4.9.0-0ubuntu4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15596",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:23Z",
  "published": "2017-10-18T08:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15596"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-235.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15596"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-15596"
  ]
}



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