SB2018010538 - Resource exhaustion in xen (Alpine package) 



SB2018010538 - Resource exhaustion in xen (Alpine package)

Published: January 5, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018010538
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15595)

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation. An adjacent attacker can supply specially crafted page-table stacking, trigger unbounded recursion, stack consumption, gain elevated privileges or cause hypervisor crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.