CVE-2015-8341

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-12-08
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1284933: CVE-2015-8341 xen: libxl leak of PV kernel can cause OOM condition

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly release mappings of files used as kernels and initial ramdisks when managing multiple domains in the same process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and disk consumption) by starting domains.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8341 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges George Dunlap of Citrix as the original reporter.

External References

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.