CVE-2019-17347 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Guest OS users can manipulate virtualized CR4 to cause denial of service or gain privileges in Xen hypervisor environments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-17347?

CVE-2019-17347 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17347?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xen Xen.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17347?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-17347 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17347 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-17347, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17347, GHSA-34w6-68wc-gx7h, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17347.

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