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CVE-2012-3496

XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.

Published

2012-11-23T20:55:03.257

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	citrix	xenserver	≤ 6.0.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html ([email protected])
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481 ([email protected])
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/85200 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/85200 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)