CVE-2011-3262

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 3.2 through 4.1

Description The issue is related to a lack of error checking in the decompression loop, allowing local users to cause a denial of service. This can result in an infinite loop in management software and consumption of management domain resources.

Recommendations For Xen versions 3.2 through 4.1, consider applying configuration changes to restrict resource allocation to the management domain as a temporary mitigation measure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.