CVE - CVE-2015-7972

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-7972	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."
References
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BID:77365 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77365 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-153.html DEBIAN:DSA-3414 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-242be2c240 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-6f6b79efe2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-a931b02be2 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 SECTRACK:1034036 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034036 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1965 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20151023	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151023)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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