What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-29482?

CVE-2020-29482 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-29482?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-29482. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Debian Linux CVE-2020-29482

MEDIUM

Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

2020-12-15 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Debian Debian Linux Fedora Xen Fedoraproject

6.0

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.0 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 15, 2020 - 18:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.0

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. A guest may access xenstore paths via absolute paths containing a full pathname, or via a relative path, which implicitly includes /local/domain/$DOMID for their own domain id. Management tools must access paths in guests' namespaces, necessarily using absolute paths. oxenstored imposes a pathname limit that is applied solely to the relative or absolute path specified by the client. Therefore, a guest can create paths in its own namespace which are too long for management tools to access. Depending on the toolstack in use, a malicious guest administrator might cause some management tools and debugging operations to fail. For example, a guest administrator can cause "xenstore-ls -r" to fail. However, a guest administrator cannot prevent the host administrator from tearing down the domain. All systems using oxenstored are vulnerable. Building and using oxenstored is the default in the upstream Xen distribution, if the Ocaml compiler is available. Systems using C xenstored are not vulnerable.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-426. An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. A guest may access xenstore paths via absolute paths containing a full pathname, or via a relative path, which implicitly includes /local/domain/$DOMID for their own domain id. Management tools must access paths in guests' namespaces, necessarily using absolute paths. oxenstored imposes a pathname limit that is applied solely to the relative or absolute path specified by the client. Therefore, a guest can create paths in its own namespace which are too long for management tools to access. Depending on the toolstack in use, a malicious guest administrator might cause some management tools and debugging operations to fail. For example, a guest administrator can cause "xenstore-ls -r" to fail. However, a guest administrator cannot prevent the host administrator from tearing down the domain. All systems using oxenstored are vulnerable. Building and using oxenstored is the default in the upstream Xen distribution, if the Ocaml compiler is available. Systems using C xenstored are not vulnerable. Affected products include: Xen, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora. Version information: through 4.14..

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.