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ALPINE-CVE-2017-8903

ALPINE-CVE-2017-8903 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
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:v3.23xen4.6.1-r1, 4.2.1-r11, 0
Alpine:v3.4xen4.3.1-r2, 4.3.1-r1, 4.3.1-r0
Alpine:v3.16xen4.5.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r3
Alpine:v3.20xen4.2.2-r5, 4.2.2-r6, 4.2.2-r8
Alpine:v3.5xen4.5.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.24xen0, 0
Alpine:v3.14xen4.5.1-r2, 4.2.2-r10, 4.1.2-r7
Alpine:v3.3xen4.5.1-r2, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.13xen4.7.1-r3, 4.2.0-r7, 4.1.0-r1
Alpine:v3.18xen0, 4.5.1-r0, 4.5.0-r1
Alpine:v3.21xen0, 0, 4.8.1-r1
Alpine:v3.11xen0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.7xen4.0.1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.15xen4.1.1-r0, 0, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.8xen4.0.1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.9xen4.5.0-r1, 4.8.1-r1, 4.7.1-r0
Alpine:v3.10xen0, 0, 4.8.1-r1
Alpine:v3.6xen4.2.0-r2, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.19xen0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.12xen0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r2

…and 2 more

Timeline

  • May 11, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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