| Name | CVE-2017-17563 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1230-1, DLA-1549-1, DSA-4112-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xen (PTS) | bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 4.19.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xen | source | wheezy | 4.1.6.lts1-11 | DLA-1230-1 | ||
| xen | source | jessie | 4.4.4lts2-0+deb8u1 | DLA-1549-1 | ||
| xen | source | stretch | 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u4.1 | DSA-4112-1 | ||
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 |
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-249.html