CVE-2012-4539

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 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 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
Not affected
xen-3.2 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
Not affected
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

4.0 and higher

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