What is CVE-2020-29487?

CVE-2020-29487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen Xapi, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-29487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Xen Xapi

CVE-2020-29487

An issue was discovered in Xen XAPI before 2020-12-15. Certain xenstore keys provide feedback from the guest, and are therefore watched by toolstack. Specifically, keys are watched by xenopsd, and data are forwarded via RPC through message…

EPSS: 0.014 (69.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xen Xapi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-29487?: CVE-2020-29487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen Xapi, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-29487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.