PT-2011-4352 · Xen+1 · Xen+1

Published 2011-05-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-3262

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 3.2 through 4.1

Description The issue is related to a lack of error checking in the decompression loop, allowing local users to cause a denial of service. This can result in an infinite loop in management software and consumption of management domain resources.

Recommendations For Xen versions 3.2 through 4.1, consider applying configuration changes to restrict resource allocation to the management domain as a temporary mitigation measure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3262

DSA-2337-1

RHSA-2011:0496

RHSA-2011_0496

Affected Products

Red Hat

Xen

References · 12

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3262 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3262 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3262 · Security Note
• http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00491.html · Patch
• http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00483.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1583 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3262 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0496 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69381 · Note