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ALPINE-CVE-2017-17045

ALPINE-CVE-2017-17045 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.6xen0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.5xen4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r2

Timeline

  • Nov 28, 2017 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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