CVE-2012-4544
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-31 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:42
Severity ?
Summary
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html
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/2014-03/msg00015.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://osvdb.org/86619
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51071Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51324
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51352
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51413
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617
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