CVE-2020-29484

Published: Dic 15, 2020 Last Modified: Nov 21, 2024 EU-VD ID: EUVD-2020-21852 Aliases: GSD-2020-29484
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MEDIUM 6,0
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: high
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
MEDIUM 4,9
Access Vector: local
Access Complexity: low
Authentication: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: complete

Description

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An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. When a Xenstore watch fires, the xenstore client that registered the watch will receive a Xenstore message containing the path of the modified Xenstore entry that triggered the watch, and the tag that was specified when registering the watch. Any communication with xenstored is done via Xenstore messages, consisting of a message header and the payload. The payload length is limited to 4096 bytes. Any request to xenstored resulting in a response with a payload longer than 4096 bytes will result in an error. When registering a watch, the payload length limit applies to the combined length of the watched path and the specified tag. Because watches for a specific path are also triggered for all nodes below that path, the payload of a watch event message can be longer than the payload needed to register the watch. A malicious guest that registers a watch using a very large tag (i.e., with a registration operation payload length close to the 4096 byte limit) can cause the generation of watch events with a payload length larger than 4096 bytes, by writing to Xenstore entries below the watched path. This will result in an error condition in xenstored. This error can result in a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a crash of xenstored. A malicious guest administrator can cause xenstored to crash, leading to a denial of service. Following a xenstored crash, domains may continue to run, but management operations will be impossible. Only C xenstored is affected, oxenstored is not affected.

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Trend Analysis

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

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EPSS Score
0,0006
Percentile
0,2th
Updated

EPSS Score Trend (Last 90 Days)

476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Stable
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Integrity Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Read Memory Modify Memory
Applicable Platforms
Languages: C, C#, C++, Go, Java
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Operating System

Debian Linux by Debian

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Xen by Xen

Version Range Affected
To 4.14.0 (inclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Fedora by Fedoraproject

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Fedora by Fedoraproject

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapr…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapr…
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-324.txt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapr…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapr…
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-324.txt