CVE-2020-29481
HIGHXen < 4.14.0 - Improper Privilege Management via Xenstore Node Access Rights
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Access rights of Xenstore nodes are per domid. Unfortunately, existing granted access rights are not removed when a domain is being destroyed. This means that a new domain created with the same domid will inherit the access rights to Xenstore nodes from the previous domain(s) with the same domid. Because all Xenstore entries of a guest below /local/domain/<domid> are being deleted by Xen tools when a guest is destroyed, only Xenstore entries of other guests still running are affected. For example, a newly created guest domain might be able to read sensitive information that had belonged to a previously existing guest domain. Both Xenstore implementations (C and Ocaml) are vulnerable.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-322.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2C6M6S3CIMEBACH6O7V4H2VDANMO6TVA/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
xen/xen
< 4.14.0
Published
Dec 15, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026