CVE-2020-25597

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However, operations like the resetting of all event channels may involve decreasing one of the bounds checked when determining validity. This may lead to bug checks triggering, crashing the host. An unprivileged guest may be able to crash Xen, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the entire system. All Xen versions from 4.4 onwards are vulnerable. Xen versions 4.3 and earlier are not vulnerable. Only systems with untrusted guests permitted to create more than the default number of event channels are vulnerable. This number depends on the architecture and type of guest. For 32-bit x86 PV guests, this is 1023; for 64-bit x86 PV guests, and for all ARM guests, this number is 4095. Systems where untrusted guests are limited to fewer than this number are not vulnerable. Note that xl and libxl limit max_event_channels to 1023 by default, so systems using exclusively xl, libvirt+libxl, or their own toolstack based on libxl, and not explicitly setting max_event_channels, are not vulnerable."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en Xen versiones hasta 4.14.x. Existe un manejo inapropiado de la restricci\u00f3n de que los canales de eventos que una vez fueron v\u00e1lidos no pueden volverse no v\u00e1lidos. La l\u00f3gica en el manejo de las operaciones del canal de eventos en Xen asume que un canal de eventos, una vez v\u00e1lido, no dejar\u00e1 de serlo durante la vida \u00fatil de un invitado. Sin embargo, operaciones como el restablecimiento de todos los canales de eventos pueden implicar la disminuci\u00f3n de uno de los l\u00edmites comprobados al determinar la validez. Esto puede provocar que se activen las comprobaciones de errores y que el host se bloquee. Un invitado sin privilegios puede bloquear Xen, conllevando a una Denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (DoS) para todo el sistema. Todas las versiones de Xen desde 4.4 en adelante son vulnerables. Las versiones 4.3 y anteriores de Xen no son vulnerables. Solo los sistemas con invitados que no son de confianza y que tienen permitido crear m\u00e1s canales de eventos que el n\u00famero predeterminado son vulnerables. Este n\u00famero depende de la arquitectura y el tipo de invitado. Para invitados PV x86 de 32 bits, es 1023; para invitados PV x86 de 64 bits y para todos los invitados ARM, este n\u00famero es 4095. 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