Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-29570 |
CWE-ID | CWE-770 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Xen Server applications / Virtualization software |
Vendor | Xen Project |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU49139
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29570
CWE-ID:
CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Recording of the per-vCPU control block mapping maintained by Xen and that of pointers into the control block is reversed. The consumer assumes, seeing the former initialized, that the latter are also ready for use. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsXen: 4.0.0 - 4.14.1
External linkshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/4
http://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812
http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-358.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.