Improper Input Validation Affecting xen package, versions [,25589\:60f09d1ab1fe)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383876
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Oct 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-2625  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 25589:60f09d1ab1fe or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.

CVSS Scores

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