Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2017-12855

Disclosure Date: August 15, 2017
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Description

Xen maintains the GTF{read,writ}ing bits as appropriate, to inform the guest that a grant is in use. A guest is expected not to modify the grant details while it is in use, whereas the guest is free to modify/reuse the grant entry when it is not in use. Under some circumstances, Xen will clear the status bits too early, incorrectly informing the guest that the grant is no longer in use. A guest may prematurely believe that a granted frame is safely private again, and reuse it in a way which contains sensitive information, while the domain on the far end of the grant is still using the grant. Xen 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, and 4.5 are affected.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.5 Medium
Impact Score:
4
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
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 4.6.3,
  • xen 4.6.4,
  • xen 4.6.5,
  • xen 4.6.6,
  • xen 4.7.0,
  • xen 4.7.1,
  • xen 4.7.2,
  • xen 4.7.3,
  • xen 4.8.0,
  • xen 4.8.1,
  • xen 4.9.0

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