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ALPINE-CVE-2017-17565 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.599999904632568 MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.599999904632568

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.6	xen	4.5.1-r2, 4.2.1-r10, 4.3.0-r6
Alpine:v3.5	xen	4.3.2-r3, 0, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.4	xen	0, 4.6.6-r2, 4.6.6-r1

Timeline

Dec 12, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17565 advisory

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