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SUSE: CVE-2017-8905: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-8905: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/30/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-pdf
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1715-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1770-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1795-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1812-1
  • CVE-2017-8905
  • DLA-964-1

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