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Debian: CVE-2017-17564: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17564: xen -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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