SB2018022719 - Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)



SB2018022719 - Denial of service in xen (Alpine package)

Published: February 27, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018022719
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17564)

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition or gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to improper error handling for reference counts. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption, cause the hypervisor to crash or gain elevated privileges on the target system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.