Infinite loop in xen (Alpine package)



Published: 2020-04-04
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-17349
CWE-ID CWE-835
Exploitation vector Local network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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xen (Alpine package)
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Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU31983

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17349

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing Arm domU attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) involving a LoadExcl or StoreExcl operation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

xen (Alpine package): 4.8.2-r0 - 4.11.4-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e42bcd9d2c39e861c980adebf91418ddbe72bd21
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c49084a961893d69e5cdba0b5a8072217ba8be67
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9c1b7583516c05d0c924a44cbf3e3b651c58fa8e
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a80b91506c3d39fd6d12fe94a65dd4a313261546


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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