CVE-2012-5513 (GCVE-0-2012-5513)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-12-13 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/11 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/51397 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51486 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/51487 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56797 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80482 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/88131 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51495 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00000.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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