Uncontrolled Recursion in Xen - CVE-2022-42321
Published: January 2, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42321
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion in Xenstore. A malicious guest can create very deep nesting levels of Xenstore nodes and perform stack exhaustion on xenstored.
Affected software
Xen
Oracle VM Server for x86
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
Fedora
xen-libs-32bit
xen-doc-html
xen-debugsource
xen
xen-libs
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit
xen-libs-debuginfo
xen-tools
xen-tools-debuginfo
xen-tools-domU
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo
xen-devel
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk
Oracle VM Server for x86
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
Fedora
xen-libs-32bit
xen-doc-html
xen-debugsource
xen
xen-libs
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit
xen-libs-debuginfo
xen-tools
xen-tools-debuginfo
xen-tools-domU
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo
xen-devel
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk
How to mitigate CVE-2022-42321
Install updates from vendor's website.
xen-libs-32bit - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
xen-doc-html - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
xen-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-libs - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
xen-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-domU - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-devel - addressed in versions 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk - update to 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.16.2-3.fc36, 4.16.2-3.fc37, 4.16.2-4.fc37
xen-doc-html - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
xen-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-libs - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1
xen-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-domU - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_28-43.98.1, 4.9.4_34-3.114.1, 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.11.4_34-2.83.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-devel - addressed in versions 4.10.4_40-150000.3.84.1, 4.12.4_30-3.82.1, 4.12.4_30-150100.3.80.1, 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk - update to 4.13.4_16-150200.3.65.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.16.2-3.fc36, 4.16.2-3.fc37, 4.16.2-4.fc37
External References
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-418.txt
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-418.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/8
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Xen Xenstore
- SUSE update for xen
- SUSE update for xen
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle VM Server for x86
- SUSE update for xen
- SUSE update for xen
- SUSE update for xen
- SUSE update for xen
- SUSE update for xen
- Fedora 37 update for xen
- Fedora 36 update for xen
- Fedora 37 update for xen