CVE-2017-10912 — Privilege Context Switching Error in XEN

CWE-270 — Privilege Context Switching Error8 documents7 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedJul 5
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles page transfer, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-217.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.8.1-1+deb9u3 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.8.1-1+deb9u3+3
▶NVDxen/xen4.8.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vwf7-2jcx-88gf: Xen through 4↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-10912: Xen through 4↗2017-07-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xen: page transfer may allow PV guest to elevate privilege (XSA-217)↗2017-06-20
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Debian
CVE-2017-10912: xen - Xen through 4.8.x mishandles page transfer, which allows guest OS users to obtai...↗2017
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Trusted Container Extensions for Container-based Confidential Computing↗2022-05-11
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10911 CVE-2017-10912 CVE-2017-10913 CVE-2017-10914 CVE-2017-10915 CVE-2017-10916 CVE-2017-10918 CVE-2017-10919 CVE-2017-10920 CVE-2017-10921 CVE-2017-10922 CVE-2017-10923 xen: various flaws [↗2017-06-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10912 xsa217 xen: page transfer may allow PV guest to elevate privilege (XSA-217)↗2017-06-05
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