An issue was discovered in Xen 4.6 through 4.14.x. When acting upon a guest XS_RESET_WATCHES request, not all tracking information is freed. A guest can cause unbounded memory usage in oxenstored. This can lead to a system-wide DoS. Only systems using the Ocaml Xenstored implementation are vulnerable. Systems using the C Xenstored implementation are not vulnerable.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-15T17:26:05

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:55:10.457Z

Reserved: 2020-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-29485

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-15T18:15:15.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:24:05.340

Link: CVE-2020-29485

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