CVE-2017-15594

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2017-10-12
Bugzilla:
1499824: CVE-2017-15594 xsa244 xen: x86: Incorrect handling of IST settings during CPU hotplug (XSA-244)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 SVM PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges because IDT settings are mishandled during CPU hotplugging.

Find out more about CVE-2017-15594 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 8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
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 Andrew Cooper (Citrix) as the original reporter.

External References

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