SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1: xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise

Published
Published 11-04-2017Last modified 04-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1 is a vulnerability in xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2017-6505CVE-2017-7228

Timeline

  1. 11-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Security update for xen This update for xen to version 4.7.2 fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442). - XSA-206: Unprivileged guests issuing writes to xenstore were able to stall progress of the control domain or driver domain, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) of the entire host (bsc#1030144). - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#1015348: libvirtd didn't not start during boot - bsc#1014136: kdump couldn't dump a kernel on SLES12-SP2 with Xen hypervisor. - bsc#1026236: Fixed paravirtualized performance - bsc#1022555: Timeout in 'execution of /etc/xen/scripts/block add' - bsc#1029827: Forward port xenstored - bsc#1029128: Make xen to really produce xen.efi with gcc48

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EPSS trend

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

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Suse4 products
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 4.7.2_02-36.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 4.7.2_02-36.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2< 4.7.2_02-36.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2< 4.7.2_02-36.1

1 vendor · 4 products

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