CVE-2012-3496

Publication date 23 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.4
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.4
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.2 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-14 3.2 and 3.3 don't seem to have the offending code

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