VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-12135
Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-682
- Affected
- xen/xen · citrix/xenserver · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477655Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14Third Party Advisory
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477655Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14Third Party Advisory
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.