CVE-2017-10916

Publication date 5 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 17.04 zesty
Fixed 4.8.0-1ubuntu2.2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 4.7.2-0ubuntu1.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N