CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-29568

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2 / Impact : 4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-349.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-12-15 05:15

Updated : 2022-04-26 04:12

NVD link : CVE-2020-29568

Mitre link : CVE-2020-29568

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-770