CVE-2012-4538
Published: 24 November 2012
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | significant mitigating factors, may not be an issue for all sites |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
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| lucid |
Does not exist
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| oneiric |
Released
(4.1.1-2ubuntu4.3)
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| precise |
Released
(4.1.2-2ubuntu2.3)
|
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| quantal |
Released
(4.1.3-3ubuntu1.1)
|
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| upstream |
Needed
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Patches: upstream: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/binA2nERyoTh7.bin |
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xen-3.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
| lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
| oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
xen-3.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Not vulnerable
|
| lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
| oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
xen-3.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
(3.3.0-1ubuntu11)
|
|
| oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
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