SB2018010535 - Privilege escalation in xen (Alpine package)
Published: January 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010535
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15592)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS conditions or gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to mishandling of self-linear shadow mappings for translated guests. An adjacent attacker can supply self-linear shadow mappings and cause the hypervisor to crash or possibly gain elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.