DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17563

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17563
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17563.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17563
Upstream
Published
2017-12-12T23:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:12:44Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}