Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-3308
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.12.3 through 4.12.4 and 4.13.1 through 4.14.x. An x86 HVM guest with PCI pass through devices can force the allocation of all IDT vectors on the system by rebooting itself with MSI or MSI-X capabilities enabled and entries setup. Such reboots will leak any vectors used by the MSI(-X) entries that the guest might had enabled, and hence will lead to vector exhaustion on the system, not allowing further PCI pass through devices to work properly. HVM guests with PCI pass through devices can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the pass through of PCI devices to other guests or the hardware domain. In the latter case, this would affect the entire host.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2021-3308
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-3308
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 18 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-3308
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
|
6.9
|
NIST | |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2021-3308
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5C42TMQYB6SDVT2MPFEWY65A6RSUVBN/
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: xen-4.13.2-6.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-ListsThird Party Advisory
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-360.html
XSA-360 - Xen Security AdvisoriesPatch;Vendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-30) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/26/4
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 360 v2 (CVE-2021-3308) - IRQ vector leak on x86Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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