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 an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1230-1 | xen security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-1549-1 | xen security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4112-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-8721 | 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 an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.233Z
Reserved: 2017-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-17563
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-12-12T23:29:00.300
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-17563
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD