CVE-2017-10912 Privilege escalation in n/a
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-10912 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-10912 is a critical vulnerability in Xen Xen, published on 5 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10912 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Xen Xen. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10912/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10912/index.md)
Guest OS users can exploit mishandled page transfers to gain privileged host OS access, requiring hypervisor patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10912?
CVE-2017-10912 is a critical vulnerability in Xen Xen, published on 5 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles page transfer, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-217.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10912?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10912?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-10912 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10912 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xen Xen
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-10912, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10912, GHSA-vwf7-2jcx-88gf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10912.