UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10916

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10916
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10916.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10916
Related
Published
2017-07-05T01:29:00Z
Modified
2017-07-05T01:29:00Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.1-0ubuntu1
4.5.1-0ubuntu2
4.6.0-1ubuntu1
4.6.0-1ubuntu2
4.6.0-1ubuntu4
4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2
4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
4.6.5-0ubuntu1
4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "libxenstore3.0": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xenstore-utils-dbgsym": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.5-armhf": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "libxenstore3.0-dbgsym": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-utils-4.6": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "libxen-dev": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-system-amd64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xenstore-utils": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-system-armhf": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-utils-common": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "libxen-4.6": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.5-arm64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-utils-4.6-dbgsym": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "libxen-4.6-dbgsym": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "xen-system-arm64": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}