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CVE-2017-15588 (GCVE-0-2017-15588)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-18 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:57
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2017-10-18 00:00
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      "id": "CVE-2017-15588",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:38:11Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "32",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "90",
      "product_status:recommended": "141",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-15588",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-15588.json",
      "version": "14"
    }
  }
}



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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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