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ALPINE-CVE-2022-42312

ALPINE-CVE-2022-42312 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Xenstore: guests can let run xenstored out of memory T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Malicious guests can cause xenstored to allocate vast amounts of memory, eventually resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) of xenstored. There are multiple ways how guests can cause large memory allocations in xenstored: - - by issuing new requests to xenstored without reading the responses, causing the responses to be buffered in memory - - by causing large number of watch events to be generated via setting up multiple xenstore watches and then e.g. deleting many xenstore nodes below the watched path - - by creating as many nodes as allowed with the maximum allowed size and path length in as many transactions as possible - - by accessing many nodes inside a transaction

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.14xen4.2.2-r3, 4.1.2-r10, 0
Alpine:v3.16xen4.14.1-r1, 4.14.1-r0, 4.14.0-r2
Alpine:v3.22xen4.4.1-r2, 4.7.0-r2, 4.7.0-r1
Alpine:v3.19xen4.1.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r2
Alpine:v3.20xen4.2.1-r6, 4.7.0-r1, 4.7.0-r0
Alpine:v3.18xen4.13.0-r1, 0, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.21xen0, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2
Alpine:v3.23xen4.9.1-r3, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.15xen4.15.3-r0, 4.15.2-r2, 4.15.2-r1
Alpine:v3.17xen4.16.1-r7, 4.16.2-r0, 4.16.2-r1

Timeline

  • Nov 1, 2022 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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