Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017155970000000
Revision Date:2017-10-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-15597 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. Grant copying code made an implication that any grant pin would be accompanied by a suitable page reference. Other portions of code, however, did not match up with that assumption. When such a grant copy operation is being done on a grant of a dying domain, the assumption turns out wrong. A malicious guest administrator can cause hypervisor memory corruption, most likely resulting in host crash and a Denial of Service. Privilege escalation and information leaks cannot be ruled out.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-15597
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND xen package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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