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CVE-2017-15593

Date: October 18, 2017

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak) because reference counts are mishandled.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html

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

Url: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-242.html

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15593

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-15593

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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