CVE-2015-7972
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
30/10/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."
Impact
Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77365
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034036
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-153.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77365
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034036
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-153.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03



