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title: "CVE-2012-4535\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4535

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS
administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical
CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4535?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xen | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 4.2.0-1ubuntu2 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 4.2.0-1ubuntu2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 4.1.3-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.3 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| xen-3.1 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xen-3.2 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xen-3.3 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

for full-virtualization issues, add qemu (and kvm)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4535)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4535)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4535)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4535)

### Other references

* <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/80022>
* <http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027759>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/1>
* <http://osvdb.org/87298>
* <http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00001.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4535>