CVE-2020-29566
Xen x86 HVM Guest Denial of Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. When they require assistance from the device model, x86 HVM guests must be temporarily de-scheduled. The device model will signal Xen when it has completed its operation, via an event channel, so that the relevant vCPU is rescheduled. If the device model were to signal Xen without having actually completed the operation, the de-schedule / re-schedule cycle would repeat. If, in addition, Xen is resignalled very quickly, the re-schedule may occur before the de-schedule was fully complete, triggering a shortcut. This potentially repeating process uses ordinary recursive function calls, and thus could result in a stack overflow. A malicious or buggy stubdomain serving a HVM guest can cause Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) to the entire host. Only x86 systems are affected. Arm systems are not affected. Only x86 stubdomains serving HVM guests can exploit the vulnerability.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 15, 2020, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:21 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-29566 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 10, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 16, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 25, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-348.html No Types Assigned https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-348.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-674 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (including) 4.14.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 16, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-29566 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.16459
percentile