CVE-2020-29479

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. In the Ocaml xenstored implementation, the internal representation of the tree has special cases for the root node, because this node has no parent. Unfortunately, permissions were not checked for certain operations on the root node. Unprivileged guests can get and modify permissions, list, and delete the root node. (Deleting the whole xenstore tree is a host-wide denial of service.) Achieving xenstore write access is also possible. All systems using oxenstored are vulnerable. Building and using oxenstored is the default in the upstream Xen distribution, if the Ocaml compiler is available. Systems using C xenstored are not vulnerable.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:24

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References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-353.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-353.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory

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References
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Information

Published : 2020-12-15 18:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:24


NVD link : CVE-2020-29479

Mitre link : CVE-2020-29479

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-29479


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

xen

  • xen

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-862

Missing Authorization