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ALPINE-CVE-2022-42318

ALPINE-CVE-2022-42318 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:v3.15xen4.2.1-r2, 4.2.1-r11, 4.2.1-r10
Alpine:v3.17xen4.2.1-r11, 4.2.1-r2, 4.2.1-r3
Alpine:v3.22xen4.8.1-r3, 4.8.1-r2, 4.8.1-r1
Alpine:v3.16xen4.12.0-r2, 4.12.1-r0, 4.12.1-r1
Alpine:v3.14xen4.3.0-r8, 4.3.1-r0, 4.3.1-r1
Alpine:v3.19xen0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r3
Alpine:v3.18xen4.9.1-r3, 4.16.0-r1, 4.15.1-r3
Alpine:v3.20xen4.9.1-r3, 4.14.0-r2, 4.14.0-r1
Alpine:v3.21xen4.14.0-r3, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.23xen4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1, 4.0.1-r2

Timeline

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