Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-29566 (CCN-193124)

Assigned:2020-12-15
Published:2020-12-15
Updated:2021-12-10
Summary:An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. When they require assistance from the device model, x86 HVM guests must be temporarily de-scheduled. The device model will signal Xen when it has completed its operation, via an event channel, so that the relevant vCPU is rescheduled. If the device model were to signal Xen without having actually completed the operation, the de-schedule / re-schedule cycle would repeat. If, in addition, Xen is resignalled very quickly, the re-schedule may occur before the de-schedule was fully complete, triggering a shortcut. This potentially repeating process uses ordinary recursive function calls, and thus could result in a stack overflow. A malicious or buggy stubdomain serving a HVM guest can cause Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) to the entire host. Only x86 systems are affected. Arm systems are not affected. Only x86 stubdomains serving HVM guests can exploit the vulnerability.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.1 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-674
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-29566

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xen-cve202029566-dos(193124)

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-df772b417b

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2020-64859a826b

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202107-30

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4812

Source: CCN
Type: Xen Security Advisory XSA-348
undue recursion in x86 HVM context switch code

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-348.html

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* (Version <= 4.14.0)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:xensource:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7831
    P
    xen-libs-4.17.0_06-150500.1.10 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7895
    P
    gnome-extensions-41.9-150400.3.8.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7945
    P
    libmicrohttpd-devel-0.9.57-150000.3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:635
    P
    Security update for rubygem-activesupport-5_1 (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-09-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3225
    P
    libopus0-1.1-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3535
    P
    java-1_8_0-openjdk-1.8.0.222-27.35.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3192
    P
    libjavascriptcoregtk-3_0-0-2.4.11-23.20 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3363
    P
    screen-4.0.4-23.3.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94855
    P
    xen-libs-4.16.0_08-150400.2.12 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95168
    P
    apache-commons-beanutils-1.9.4-1.68 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95165
    P
    xen-4.16.0_08-150400.2.12 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:336
    P
    xen-libs-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:388
    P
    xen-libs-4.16.0_08-150400.2.12 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113591
    P
    xen-4.15.1_01-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94475
    P
    (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5340
    P
    Security update for libsndfile (Important)
    2022-01-05
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101881
    P
    Security update for ncurses (Moderate)
    2021-10-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106977
    P
    xen-4.15.1_01-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96764
    P
    qemu-tools-3.1.0-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96773
    P
    sharutils-4.15.2-2.21 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96774
    P
    shim-15+git47-1.5 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1265
    P
    Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2021-09-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2296
    P
    xen-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63385
    P
    xen-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101411
    P
    xen-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101188
    P
    libexempi-devel-2.4.5-3.3.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62354
    P
    xen-libs-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72095
    P
    xen-libs-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101112
    P
    xen-libs-4.14.1_16-1.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:44024
    P
    Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-01-07
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:39594
    P
    Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-01-07
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:41032
    P
    Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-01-05
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:45462
    P
    Security update for xen (Important)
    2021-01-05
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:85566
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31572
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57395
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23499
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86036
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32022
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57845
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51487
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84088
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86486
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32841
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58664
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84543
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31102
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:56925
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87305
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110928
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28873
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:54696
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:75777
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96026
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125508
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8537
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69420
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88089
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51097
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83170
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108547
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:110384
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:5620
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66709
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33884
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59707
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29310
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55133
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:81032
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:126680
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9280
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70174
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88398
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23875
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109382
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73574
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117369
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29963
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55786
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:21359
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:82080
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:127077
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10034
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64452
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102716
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89104
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51863
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118478
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69034
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23109
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:82517
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107854
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33626
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59449
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89362
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:104085
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73403
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:91778
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4966
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:97395
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:104791
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64281
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68984
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34338
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60161
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98101
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105418
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:90430
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25979
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:75497
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98728
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:91136
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66429
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:41884
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:46314
    P
    Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2020-12-16
    BACK
    xen xen *
    debian debian linux 10.0
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    xensource xen *