Xen up to 4.12.x Linux Kernel drivers/xen/balloon.c resource consumption
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Xen up to 4.12.x (Virtualization Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file drivers/xen/balloon.c of the component Linux Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
An issue was discovered in drivers/xen/balloon.c in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, as used in Xen through 4.12.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of unrestricted resource consumption during the mapping of guest memory, aka CID-6ef36ab967c7.
The weakness was published 10/08/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-17351 since 10/07/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/05/2024).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
10/07/2019 🔍10/08/2019 🔍
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01/05/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: USN-4286-1Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-17351 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 10/09/2019 13:02Updated: 01/05/2024 09:13
Changes: 10/09/2019 13:02 (55), 09/27/2020 20:33 (2), 01/05/2024 09:13 (4)
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