CVE-2015-8341

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-12-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does notproperly 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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0007	2016-01-25