Source: xen Version: 4.8.1~pre.2017.01.23-1 Severity: grave Tags: security upstream Justification: user security hole
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for xen. CVE-2017-7228[0]: | An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available | for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix | introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the | caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest | provided input/output arrays. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7228 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7228 [1] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
