An issue was discovered in Xen 4.6 through 4.14.x. When acting upon a guest XS_RESET_WATCHES request, not all tracking information is freed. A guest can cause unbounded memory usage in oxenstored. This can lead to a system-wide DoS. Only systems using the Ocaml Xenstored implementation are vulnerable. Systems using the C Xenstored implementation are not vulnerable.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-15T17:26:05

Updated: 2020-12-25T02:06:22

Reserved: 2020-12-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-29485

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-15T18:15:15.490

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:21:31.117


Link: CVE-2020-29485

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