CVE-2019-17344 Denial of service in n/a
A guest OS user can cause a denial of service in the Xen hypervisor by exploiting a long-running operation related to PTE updates.
- 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-2019-17344?
CVE-2019-17344 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service by leveraging a long-running operation that exists to support restartability of PTE updates.
Weakness: CWE-662
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17344?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17344?
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-2019-17344 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17344 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17344, GHSA-q4jv-8wfr-4pf8, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17344.