medium5.6
CVE-2017-14317
A domain cleanup issue was discovered in the C xenstore daemon (aka cxenstored) in Xen through 4.9.x.
Impact
A domain cleanup issue was discovered in the C xenstore daemon (aka cxenstored) in Xen through 4.9.x. When shutting down a VM with a stubdomain, a race in cxenstored may cause a double-free. The xenstored daemon may crash, resulting in a DoS of any parts of the system relying on it (including domain creation / destruction, ballooning, device changes, etc.).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | through 4.9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100826
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039350
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-233.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100826
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039350
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-233.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050