An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-17044 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 | 6.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | Low |
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 | Not affected |