Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-10917): xen vulnerability
9
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
07/05/2017
11/21/2024
11/19/2024
11/27/2024
Description
Xen through 4.8.x does not validate the port numbers of polled event channel ports, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information, aka XSA-221.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-xen
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