CVE-2012-4535
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-21 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:42
Severity ?
Summary
Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/87298
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51200
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51324
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51352
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51413
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51468
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/55082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027759
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80022
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Impacted products
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