Resource Exhaustion Affecting xen package, versions <4.4.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-XEN-367388
  • published25 May 2016
  • disclosed25 May 2016

Introduced: 25 May 2016

CVE-2014-3672  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable xen to version 4.4.0-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The qemu implementation in libvirt before 1.3.0 and Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1