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ubuntu-cve-2017-12135

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-08-24 14:29

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12135	REPORT
	https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.html	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12135	REPORT

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CVE-2017-12135 (GCVE-0-2017-12135)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-24 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28

Summary

Xen allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via vectors involving transitive grants.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

URL	Tags
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100344	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477655	x_refsource_MISC
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-226.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039178	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2017-08-15 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-12135 (GCVE-0-2017-12135)

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