CVE-2020-25599

Name
CVE-2020-25599
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. There are evtchn_reset() race conditions. Uses of EVTCHNOP_reset (potentially by a guest on itself) or XEN_DOMCTL_soft_reset (by itself covered by XSA-77) can lead to the violation of various internal assumptions. This may lead to out of bounds memory accesses or triggering of bug checks. In particular, x86 PV guests may be able to elevate their privilege to that of the host. Host and guest crashes are also possible, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). Information leaks cannot be ruled out. All Xen versions from 4.5 onwards are vulnerable. Xen versions 4.4 and earlier are not vulnerable.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Patch https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-343.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JRXMKEMQRQYWYEPHVBIWUEAVQ3LU4FN/
Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA633Y3G5KX7MKRN4PFEGM3IVTJMBEOM/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4769
Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00008.html
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJZERRBJN6E6STDCHT4JHP4MI6TKBCJE/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/5

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* xen >= 4.5.0 <= 4.14.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
xen 3.10-main 4.12.4-r0 None fixed
xen 3.11-main 4.13.4-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
xen 3.12-main 4.13.4-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed