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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2022-42309 Detail

Description

Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored Due to a bug in the fix of XSA-115 a malicious guest can cause xenstored to use a wrong pointer during node creation in an error path, resulting in a crash of xenstored or a memory corruption in xenstored causing further damage. Entering the error path can be controlled by the guest e.g. by exceeding the quota value of maximum nodes per domain.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/01/4 CVE, Xen Project Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-414.html CVE, Xen Project Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTMITQBGC23MSDHUCAPCVGLMVXIBXQTQ/ CVE, Xen Project
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZVXG7OOOXCX6VIPEMLFDPIPUTFAYWPE/ CVE, Xen Project
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZLI2NPNEH7CNJO3VZGQNOI4M4EWLNKPZ/ CVE, Xen Project
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-07 CVE, Xen Project
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5272 CVE, Xen Project Third Party Advisory 
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-414.txt CVE, Xen Project Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-42309
NVD Published Date:
11/01/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Xen Project