UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15594

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15594
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15594.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15594
Upstream
Published
2017-10-18T08:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:28Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 SVM PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges because IDT settings are mishandled during CPU hotplugging.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.9.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.2-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.0-0ubuntu3
4.9.0-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.9",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxen-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.7-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.8-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.8-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.9-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.9",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-common",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}