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CVE-2017-15588

Date: October 18, 2017

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15588

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15588

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15588

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html

Url: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-241.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050

Url: https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15588

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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