UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12136

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12136
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12136.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12136
Upstream
Published
2017-08-24T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:20:26.347675Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4

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
4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
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        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.6",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-arm64",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-armhf",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-amd64",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "xen-system-arm64",
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        },
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            "binary_name": "xen-system-armhf",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.6",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-common",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"
        }
    ]
}