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CVE-2017-15596

Published: 18 October 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
hypervisor packages are in universe. For
issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate
tags to each section, ex:
Tags_xen: universe-binary

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (4.9.2-0ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.9.2-0ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.9.2-0ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (4.9.1)
xenial
Released (4.6.4-0ubuntu1.4)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H