SB2020092340 - Resource management error in xen (Alpine package)



SB2020092340 - Resource management error in xen (Alpine package)

Published: September 23, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020092340
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25602)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing guest requests to the "MISC_ENABLE MSR" register in Xen. A remote privileged PV guest can run a specially crafted program and crash Xen.

Only non-non-Intel x86 systems are affected.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.