vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-10917: NULL Pointer Dereference
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Jul 5, 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 5, 2017
Added
Oct 27, 2017
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
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
alpine-linux-upgrade-xen
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