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CVE-2012-4538
Published: Nov 24, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
55082
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
51413
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
51200
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1027762
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
GLSA-201309-24
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
DSA-2582
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
SUSE-SU-2012:1486
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
87306
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
openSUSE-SU-2012:1572
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
51468
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SU-2012:1487
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
xen-hvmop-dos(80025)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
SUSE-SU-2014:0446
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
51352
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
51324
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-201604-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
[oss-security] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 23 (CVE-2012-4538) - Unhooking empty PAE entries DoS vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
56498
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
SUSE-SU-2012:1615
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2012:1573
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[Xen-announce] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 23 (CVE-2012-4538) - Unhooking empty PAE entries DoS vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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