SB2022122149 - Denial of service in Xen NIC interface
Published: December 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022122149
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3643)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of network packets. An attacker with access to the guest OS can trigger the related physical NIC on the host to reset, abort, or crash by sending certain kinds of packets.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.