CVE-2012-4538

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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87306
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87306
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2012-11-24 20:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51


NVD link : CVE-2012-4538

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4538


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation