#VU70596 Resource management error in Xen - CVE-2022-42317 

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#VU70596 Resource management error in Xen - CVE-2022-42317

Published: January 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70596
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42317
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the Xenstore. A malicious guest can allocate huge amount of memory and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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