CVE-2022-42330
Published on: Not Yet Published
Last Modified on: 02/06/2023 04:26:00 PM UTC
Certain versions of Xen from Xen contain the following vulnerability:
Guests can cause Xenstore crash via soft reset When a guest issues a "Soft Reset" (e.g. for performing a kexec) the libxl based Xen toolstack will normally perform a XS_RELEASE Xenstore operation. Due to a bug in xenstored this can result in a crash of xenstored. Any other use of XS_RELEASE will have the same impact.
- CVE-2022-42330 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Xen - xen version ? consult Xen advisory XSA-425
CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
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NETWORK | LOW | NONE | NONE |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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xenbits.xenproject.org text/plain |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Exploit/POC from Github
Guests can cause Xenstore crash via soft reset When a guest issues a "Soft Reset" (e.g. for performing a kexec) the l…
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.17.0 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE
Social Mentions
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Xen Security Advisory 425 v1 (CVE-2022-42330) - Guests can cause Xenstore crash via soft reset: Posted by Xen . org… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… | 2023-01-25 17:32:02 |
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CVE-2022-42330 : Guests can cause Xenstore crash via soft reset When a guest issues a "Soft Reset" e.g. for perfo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… | 2023-01-26 00:52:23 |
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CVE-2022-42330 | 2023-01-26 01:43:29 |