Description
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.
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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-907-1 | xen security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3847-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16263 | An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.021Z
Reserved: 2017-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7228
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-04T14:59:00.243
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-7228
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD