Upstream information

CVE-2017-17044 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Upstream Security Advisories:

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.9 4
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low High
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Complete Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.5 5.9
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required Low None
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1068187 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL xen Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xen Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 xen Affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 xen Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xen Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xen Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 xen Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xen Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 xen Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Nov 15 11:45:19 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 20:01:57 2023