Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting xen package, versions [4.2.0,4.4.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383987
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-3968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a large number of crafted requests, which trigger an error messages to be logged.

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