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CVE-2017-8905

Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

Published

2017-05-11T19:29:00.303

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.1

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-682

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.4	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.6.5	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98436 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038388 ([email protected])
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11 ([email protected])
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-215.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98436 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038388 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-215.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)