VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-15596
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-235.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-235.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.