Resource management error in xen (Alpine package)

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU22536

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18422

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or possibly escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to way Xen handles exceptions on ARM systems, without changing processor level. A local user can force a critical Xen code to run with interrupts erroneously enabled during exception entry that may lead to data corruption, denial of service and potential privilege escalation.

Note, the vulnerability affects ARM systems only.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

xen (Alpine package): 4.8.2-r0 - 4.10.4-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b56efe8db5679b569767cee09b45ce5cd04b942d
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7704a01fec21129dc2f13feb032fb39d8b6a9cb2
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=168f974f4f9941c940b1b4a27d1167175018ad92
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1a7ae75cb9ed94f62f9859f8a07a0bc1c5021604
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d9cf7666f5f3aa90dbce9f04bdc7d975284cc530

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.