SB2017122921 - Privilege escalation in xen (Alpine package)
Published: December 29, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017122921
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17045)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper privileges control. An adjacent attacker can trigger a p2m error checking flaw in the Populate on Demand (PoD) code and gain write access to freed memory and gain elevated privileges on the host system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.