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Debian: CVE-2017-15596: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-15596: xen -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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