CVE-2022-42317

Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Malicious guests can cause xenstored to allocate vast amounts of memory, eventually resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) of xenstored. There are multiple ways how guests can cause large memory allocations in xenstored: - - by issuing new requests to xenstored without reading the responses, causing the responses to be buffered in memory - - by causing large number of watch events to be generated via setting up multiple xenstore watches and then e.g. deleting many xenstore nodes below the watched path - - by creating as many nodes as allowed with the maximum allowed size and path length in as many transactions as possible - - by accessing many nodes inside a transaction

• CVE ID
• CVE-2022-42317

• Assigner
• security@xen.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2022-11-01T13:15:11

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-12-03T14:14:16

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• CHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 6.5

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 2

• Impact Score
• 4