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CVE-2017-8905

Published: 11 May 2017

Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is XSA-213

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 8.8

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11])
xenial
Released (4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1)
yakkety
Released (4.7.2-0ubuntu1.2)
zesty
Released (4.8.0-1ubuntu2.1)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.