An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Access rights of Xenstore nodes are per domid. Unfortunately, existing granted access rights are not removed when a domain is being destroyed. This means that a new domain created with the same domid will inherit the access rights to Xenstore nodes from the previous domain(s) with the same domid. Because all Xenstore entries of a guest below /local/domain/<domid> are being deleted by Xen tools when a guest is destroyed, only Xenstore entries of other guests still running are affected. For example, a newly created guest domain might be able to read sensitive information that had belonged to a previously existing guest domain. Both Xenstore implementations (C and Ocaml) are vulnerable.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-322.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-12-15 10:15
Updated : 2021-07-21 04:39
NVD link : CVE-2020-29481
Mitre link : CVE-2020-29481
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CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
xen
- xen
fedoraproject
- fedora