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CVE-2017-15589 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from the host OS (or an arbitrary guest OS) because intercepted I/O operations can cause a write of data from uninitialized hypervisor stack memory.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 CVE
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867 CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050 CVE

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xen xen
4.9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-15589
NVD Published Date:
Oct 18, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-15589 Details - Not Deferred