CVE - CVE-2017-12134

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-12134	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS guest users to corrupt block device data streams and consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause a denial of service, or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation.
References
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BID:100343 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100343 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-229.html CONFIRM:https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941 DEBIAN:DSA-3981 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 GENTOO:GLSA-201801-14 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477656 MLIST:[oss-security] 20170815 Xen Security Advisory 229 (CVE-2017-12134) - linux: Fix Xen block IO merge-ability calculation URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/4 SECTRACK:1039176 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039176 UBUNTU:USN-3655-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3655-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170801	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.
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Assigned (20170801)
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