8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-42309

Published: 01/11/2022 Updated: 04/02/2024
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 6 | Exploitability Score: 2
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored Due to a bug in the fix of XSA-115 a malicious guest can cause xenstored to use a wrong pointer during node creation in an error path, resulting in a crash of xenstored or a memory corruption in xenstored causing further damage. Entering the error path can be controlled by the guest e.g. by exceeding the quota value of maximum nodes per domain.

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Vendor Advisories

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4145+86-g1c354767d5-1 We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages For the detailed security status of xen p ...