CVE-2017-1000407
Public on 2017-12-11
Modified on 2017-12-21
Description
Linux kernel Virtualization Module (CONFIG_KVM) for the Intel processor family (CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) is vulnerable to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood the I/O port 0x80 with write requests. A guest user could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2017-12-21 | ALAS-2017-937 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.6 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.1 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |