CVE-2012-3496 (GCVE-0-2012-3496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/85200 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2012-09-05 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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