SB2017082402 - Denial of service in Xen



SB2017082402 - Denial of service in Xen

Published: August 24, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017082402
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
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-2017-15596)

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

The weakness exists in ARM systems due to an error condition in add-to-physmap operations. A local attacker can prevent the use of a physical CPU for an arbitrary period of time.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.