CVE-2017-12135

HIGH

Xen - DoS/Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969

[Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1

[Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100344

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039178

[Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.html

[Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477655

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 31.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-682

Status draft

Affected Products (9)

xen/xen

citrix/xenserver

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Aug 24, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026