Memory corruption in Xen - CVE-2018-15470
Published: August 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14473
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15470
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software fails to enforce the quota-maxentity setting. An adjacent attacker can write an excessive number of XenStore entries, trigger unbounded memory usage and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15470
Install update from vendor's website.