{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2023-34323", "assignerOrgId": "23aa2041-22e1-471f-9209-9b7396fa234f", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "XEN", "dateReserved": "2023-06-01T10:44:17.065Z", "datePublished": "2024-01-05T16:30:32.305Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-04T19:16:36.587Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "title": "xenstored: A transaction conflict can crash C Xenstored", "datePublic": "2023-10-10T11:26:00.000Z", "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "When a transaction is committed, C Xenstored will first check\nthe quota is correct before attempting to commit any nodes. It would\nbe possible that accounting is temporarily negative if a node has\nbeen removed outside of the transaction.\n\nUnfortunately, some versions of C Xenstored are assuming that the\nquota cannot be negative and are using assert() to confirm it. This\nwill lead to C Xenstored crash when tools are built without -DNDEBUG\n(this is the default).\n" } ], "impacts": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "A malicious guest could craft a transaction that will hit the C\nXenstored bug and crash it. This will result to the inability to\nperform any further domain administration like starting new guests,\nor adding/removing resources to or from any existing guest.\n" } ] } ], "affected": [ { "defaultStatus": "unknown", "product": "Xen", "vendor": "Xen", "versions": [ { "status": "unknown", "version": "consult Xen advisory XSA-440" } ] } ], "configurations": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "All versions of Xen up to and including 4.17 are vulnerable if XSA-326\nwas ingested.\n\nAll Xen systems using C Xenstored are vulnerable. C Xenstored built\nusing -DNDEBUG (can be specified via EXTRA_CFLAGS_XEN_TOOLS=-DNDEBUG)\nare not vulnerable. Systems using the OCaml variant of Xenstored are\nnot vulnerable.\n" } ], "workarounds": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "The problem can be avoided by using OCaml Xenstored variant.\n" } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "This issue was discovered by Stanislav Uschakow and Julien Grall, all\nfrom Amazon.\n" } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-440.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "23aa2041-22e1-471f-9209-9b7396fa234f", "shortName": "XEN", "dateUpdated": "2024-01-05T16:30:32.305Z" } }, "adp": [ { "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-440.html", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-440.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-04T19:16:36.587Z" } }, { "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-476", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference" } ] } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2024-01-09T16:40:56.610734Z", "id": "CVE-2023-34323", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-06-18T15:46:24.091Z" } } ] } }