Vulnerability identifier: #VU10780
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Server applications /
Virtualization software
Vendor: Xen Project
Description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent authenticated attacker to cause a DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to non-preemptable L3/L4 pagetable freeing. An adjacent attacker can exhaust all available CPU resources and cause the service to crash.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Xen: 4.10.0
External links
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-252.html
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.