CVE-2017-15589
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from the host OS (or an arbitrary guest OS) because intercepted I/O operations can cause a
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from the host OS (or an arbitrary guest OS) because intercepted I/O operations can cause a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-18 08:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 19:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a37ebf7a8f95a0a584c4dc9c789fde13fc5c545aaf8c8270e7389144373a5a4
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171120 [SECURITY] [DLA 1181-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
- www.securityfocus.com101496http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101496
- xenbits.xen.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-239.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4050https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181018 [SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201801-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- www.securitytracker.com1039568http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.