SB2017080794 - Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)



SB2017080794 - Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)

Published: August 7, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017080794
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10919)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the host system.

The weakness exists due to missing check. A local attacker can send a software generated interrupt to a vCPU or configure timers and cause the host system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.