Upstream information

CVE-2020-29485 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.6 through 4.14.x. When acting upon a guest XS_RESET_WATCHES request, not all tracking information is freed. A guest can cause unbounded memory usage in oxenstored. This can lead to a system-wide DoS. Only systems using the Ocaml Xenstored implementation are vulnerable. Systems using the C Xenstored implementation are not vulnerable.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5.5 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1179504 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 xen Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS xen Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS xen Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS xen Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 xen Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xen Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 xen Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 xen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 xen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 xen Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 xen Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL xen Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 xen Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xen Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 xen Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 xen Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 xen Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Dec 2 10:30:47 2020
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 19:10:04 2024