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Alpine: xen: security update to 4.8.2-r5
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 407895
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 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS
crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in
shadow mode. (CVE-2017-17563)
- An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS
crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow
mode. (CVE-2017-17564)
- An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host
OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to
M2P. (CVE-2017-17565)
- 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. (CVE-2017-17566)
See Also
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17563
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17564
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 407895
Version: Revision 1.25
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5
Percentile: 95.11
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17566
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 12/12/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-17563, CVE-2017-17564, CVE-2017-17565, CVE-2017-17566
IAVA: 2018-A-0021-S, 2018-A-0094-S