Rogue backends can cause DoS of guests via high frequency events T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen offers the ability to run PV backends in regular unprivileged guests, typically referred to as "driver domains". Running PV backends in driver domains has one primary security advantage: if a driver domain gets compromised, it doesn't have the privileges to take over the system. However, a malicious driver domain could try to attack other guests via sending events at a high frequency leading to a Denial of Service in the guest due to trying to service interrupts for elongated amounts of time. There are three affected backends: * blkfront patch 1, CVE-2021-28711 * netfront patch 2, CVE-2021-28712 * hvc_xen (console) patch 3, CVE-2021-28713
References
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5050 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 | Third Party Advisory |
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-391.txt | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published: 2022-01-05T16:10:22
Updated: 2022-03-10T02:06:43
Reserved: 2021-03-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-28711
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2022-01-05T17:15:09.017
Modified: 2022-04-06T16:18:34.433
Link: CVE-2021-28711
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