CVE-2015-7972

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."

The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 9 years ago

2015-10-30 15:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Xen 3.4.0

3.4.0

Xen 3.4.1

3.4.1

Xen 3.4.2

3.4.2

Xen 3.4.3

3.4.3

Xen 3.4.4

3.4.4

Xen 4.0.0

4.0.0

Xen 4.0.1

4.0.1

Xen 4.0.2

4.0.2

Xen 4.0.3

4.0.3

Xen 4.0.4

4.0.4

Xen 4.1.0

4.1.0

Xen 4.1.1

4.1.1

Xen 4.1.2

4.1.2

Xen 4.1.3

4.1.3

Xen 4.1.4

4.1.4

Xen 4.1.5

4.1.5

Xen 4.1.6.1

4.1.6.1

Xen 4.2.0

4.2.0

Xen 4.2.1

4.2.1

Xen 4.2.2

4.2.2

Xen 4.2.3

4.2.3

Xen Xen 4.3.0

4.3.0

Xen 4.3.1

4.3.1

Xen Xen 4.3.2

4.3.2

Xen 4.3.4

4.3.4

Xen Xen 4.4.0

4.4.0

Xen Xen 4.5.0

4.5.0

Xen Xen 4.5.1

4.5.1

Xen Xen 4.6.0

4.6.0

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