CVE-2017-12136

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Description

Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100346

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039175

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-228.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477651

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-08-24

Updated: 2019-05-06

Type: CWE-362

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 6

Exploitability Score: 1.1

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (15 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
140019OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2020-0039) (Bunker Buster) (Foreshadow) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout) (Meltdown) (POODLE) (Spectre)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
111992OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0248) (Bunker Buster) (Foreshadow) (Meltdown) (POODLE) (Spectre)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
106038GLSA-201801-14 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
104649SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:2327-2)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
103830OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0153)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
103342Fedora 25 : xen (2017-ed735463e3)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
103159openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2017-1023)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
103158openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2017-1022)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
103146Debian DSA-3969-1 : xen - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
102953SUSE SLED12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:2327-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
102952SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:2326-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
102835OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0142)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
102686Fedora 26 : xen (2017-f336ba205d)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
102585Xen Hypervisor Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSA-226 - XSA-230)NessusMisc.
high
102526Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX225941)NessusMisc.
high