UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17044

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17044

    Published: 28 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17044

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17044, https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17044

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.5.1-0ubuntu1
    4.5.1-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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