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CVE-2022-42317

Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text exp

Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs.

the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Malicious guests can cause xenstored to allocate vast amounts of memory, eventually resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) of xenstored. There are multiple ways how guests can cause large memory allocations in xenstored: - by issuing new requests to xenstored without reading the responses, causing the responses to be buffered in memory - by causing large number of watch events to be generated via setting up multiple xenstore watches and then e.g. deleting many xenstore nodes below the watched path - by creating as many nodes as allowed with the maximum allowed size and path length in as many transactions as possible - by accessing many nodes inside a transaction.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00098
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3
xenall versions
debian linuxall versions

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6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@xen.org
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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Low High
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None Low High
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None Required
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None Low High
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None Low High
Published to NVD01 Nov 2022 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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9
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4332-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4241-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4051-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:4007-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:3971-1
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