CVE-2017-8904

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-11 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8904

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8904

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8904

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xen

xen

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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