CVE-2019-17351

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.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.html	Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/9
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-10-07 17:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 10:37

NVD link : CVE-2019-17351

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17351

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Products Affected

xen

xen

linux

linux_kernel

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