Name: CVE-2017-15596: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-15596, CWE-400, CVSS 6, EPSS 0.0037

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade xen	Sep 28, 2018	Oct 18, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade xen	Dec 5, 2017	Sep 12, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade xen	Nov 19, 2024	Oct 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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