CVE-2019-17351
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CVE-2019-17351 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in drivers/xen/balloon.c in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, as used in Xen through 4.12.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of unrestricted resource consumption during the mapping of guest memory, aka CID-6ef36ab967c7.. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/xen/balloon.c in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, as used in Xen through 4.12.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of unrestricted resource consumption during the mapping of guest memory, aka CID-6ef36ab967c7.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | <= 4.12.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | < 5.2.3 |
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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