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Alpine: xen: security update to 4.8.2-r2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407892

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service
 (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
 (CVE-2017-17044)

 - An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host
 OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the
 mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors. (CVE-2017-17045)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17044

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17045

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407892

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 3/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17044, CVE-2017-17045

BID: 102008, 102013

IAVA: 2017-A-0351-S, 2018-A-0381

IAVB: 2017-B-0165-S, 2018-B-0149-S