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Debian: CVE-2017-17045: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17045: xen -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/28/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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