CVE-2017-17566high
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page.
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102167
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040768
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-12-12
Updated: 2019-10-03
Type: NVD-CWE-noinfo
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