Vulnerability Details : CVE-2019-17351
An issue was discovered in drivers/xen/balloon.c in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, as used in Xen through 4.12.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of unrestricted resource consumption during the mapping of guest memory, aka CID-6ef36ab967c7.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2019-17351
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-17351
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 19 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2019-17351
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.9
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
3.9
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6.9
|
NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.0
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4.0
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2019-17351
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The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2019-17351
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844
xen: let alloc_xenballooned_pages() fail if not enough memory free · torvalds/linux@6ef36ab · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/
USN-4286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.html
XSA-300 - Xen Security AdvisoriesVendor Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/9
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 300 v3 (CVE-2019-17351) - Linux: No grant table and foreign mapping limits
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
October 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security
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https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3
Third Party Advisory
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.html
XSA-300 - Xen Security Advisories
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/
USN-4286-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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