Resource management error in Xen - CVE-2011-3262
Published: August 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44799
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3262
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."
Affected software
Xen
Gentoo Linux
app-emulation/xen
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub
app-emulation/xen-tools
Gentoo Linux
app-emulation/xen
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub
app-emulation/xen-tools
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3262
Install update from vendor's website.
app-emulation/xen - update to 4.2.2-r1
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub - update to 4.2.2-r1
app-emulation/xen-tools - update to 4.2.2-r3
app-emulation/xen-pvgrub - update to 4.2.2-r1
app-emulation/xen-tools - update to 4.2.2-r3