CVE-2011-3262 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a denial of service in Xen management software via an infinite loop in the decompression loop due to lack of error checking.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-3262?
CVE-2011-3262 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3262?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Citrix Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3262?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2011-3262 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262, GHSA-h3q2-c8qw-f4hc.