An issue was discovered in Xen 4.5.x through 4.9.x allowing attackers (who control a stub domain kernel or tool stack) to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because of a missing comparison (of range start to range end) within the DMOP map/unmap implementation.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-15591 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 6.8 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | High |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Changed |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |