CVE-2022-42325 Denial of service in xen
A malicious guest can exhaust Xenstore resources by creating arbitrary nodes via flawed transaction handling, leading to denial of service.
- 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-2022-42325?
CVE-2022-42325 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Xenstore: Guests can create arbitrary number of nodes via transactions T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] In case a node has been created in a transaction and it is later deleted in the same transaction, the transaction will be terminated with an error. As this error is encountered only when handling the deleted node at transaction finalization, the transaction will have been performed partially and without updating the accounting information. This will enable a malicious guest to create arbitrary number of nodes.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42325?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42325?
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-2022-42325 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42325 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-42325, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42325, GHSA-x7vp-fr4m-26vq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42325.