CVE-2017-14317
low-risk
Published 2017-09-12
A domain cleanup issue was discovered in the C xenstore daemon (aka cxenstored) in Xen through 4.9.x. When shutting down a VM with a stubdomain, a race in cxenstored may cause a double-free. The xenstored daemon may crash, resulting in a DoS of any parts of the system relying on it (including domain creation / destruction, ballooning, device changes, etc.).
Do I need to act?
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0.14% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.6/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (10)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100826
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039350
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100826
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039350
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal