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title: "CVE-2012-4411\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4411

Publication date 23 November 2012

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The graphical console in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 allows local OS guest
administrators to obtain sensitive host resource information via the qemu
monitor. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0998.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4411?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |
| xen-qemu-dm-4.0 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4411?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this is XSA-19

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

xen-qemu-dm-4.0 needs libxen-dev >= 4.0, but it isn't available in
11.04, as a result, there are no binaries available in 11.04.

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

seems disabled by default in 3.x

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| xen-qemu-dm-4.0 | * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4411)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4411)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4411)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4411)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/2>
* <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00007.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4411>