Resource Management Errors Affecting xen package, versions <4.1.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-XEN-515271
  • published19 Aug 2011
  • disclosed19 Aug 2011

Introduced: 19 Aug 2011

CVE-2011-3262  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 xen to version 4.1.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."

CVSS Scores

version 3.1