CVE-2017-15591
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.5.x through 4.9.x allowing attackers (who control a stub domain kernel or tool stack) to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because of a missing comparison (of range start to range end) within the DMOP map/unmap implementation.
Find out more about CVE-2017-15591 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Vitaly Kuznetsov (Red Hat) as the original reporter.External References
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