SB2018010533 - Memory leak in xen (Alpine package)
Published: January 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010533
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15589)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists due to hypervisor stack leak in x86 I/O intercept code. An adjacent attacker can write data from uninitialized hypervisor stack memory and read arbitrary information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.