XenSource Xen 3.4/4.0/4.1/4.2 Populate-on-Demand resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in XenSource Xen 3.4/4.0/4.1/4.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Populate-on-Demand Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-7970. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in XenSource Xen 3.4/4.0/4.1/4.2 (Virtualization Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Populate-on-Demand Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was shared 10/29/2015 by Andrew Cooper with Citrix as XSA-150 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xenbits.xen.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7970 since 10/23/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86838 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370027 (Citrix XenServer Security Update (CTX202404)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (107669), Tenable (86838), SecurityFocus (BID 77362†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54043†). The entries VDB-78957, VDB-78960 and VDB-78963 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 86838
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OpenVAS ID: 703414
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3414-1 (xen - security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: citrix.com

Advisory: XSA-150
Researcher: Andrew Cooper
Organization: Citrix
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78959

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X-Force: 107669 - Xen Populate-on-Demand denial of service
SecurityFocus: 77362 - Xen CVE-2015-7970 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034034
Vulnerability Center: 54043 - Xen Local DoS in \x27Populate-on-Demand\x27 Mode due to an Error in Searching the Domain for Memory to Reclaim, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2015 09:38
Updated: 06/25/2022 14:29
Changes: 10/30/2015 09:38 (70), 03/02/2018 09:35 (6), 06/25/2022 14:28 (4), 06/25/2022 14:29 (1)
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