Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting xen package, versions [,4.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383747
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5514  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly unlock the subject GFNs when checking if they are in use, which allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hang) via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS Base Scores

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