Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2017-10916

Disclosure Date: July 05, 2017
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Description

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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.5 High
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • xen

Products

  • xen 4.5.0,
  • xen 4.5.1,
  • xen 4.5.2,
  • xen 4.5.3,
  • xen 4.5.5,
  • xen 4.6.0,
  • xen 4.6.1,
  • xen 4.6.2,
  • xen 4.6.4,
  • xen 4.6.5,
  • xen 4.7.1,
  • xen 4.8.0,
  • xen 4.8.1

Additional Info

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