Resource Management Errors Affecting xen package, versions [4.1.0,4.6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383983
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly release mappings of files used as kernels and initial ramdisks when managing multiple domains in the same process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) by starting domains.

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