CVE - CVE-2017-10916

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-10916	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
References
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BID:99167 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99167 CONFIRM:https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.html DEBIAN:DSA-3969 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 GENTOO:GLSA-201708-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 SECTRACK:1038730 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038730
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170704	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170704)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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