CVE-2012-4544
Published: 31 October 2012
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
Notes
Author | Note |
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kees | for full-virtualization issues, add qemu (and kvm) |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
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lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Released
(4.1.1-2ubuntu4.3)
|
|
precise |
Released
(4.1.2-2ubuntu2.3)
|
|
quantal |
Released
(4.1.3-3ubuntu1.1)
|
|
raring |
Released
(4.2.0-1ubuntu2)
|
|
saucy |
Released
(4.2.0-1ubuntu2)
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commit;h=127c78b8b7615b2e895a879792f4b0b825a02a81 |
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Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
xen-3.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
raring |
Does not exist
|
|
saucy |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commit;h=127c78b8b7615b2e895a879792f4b0b825a02a81 |
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Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
xen-3.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
lucid |
Does not exist
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
raring |
Does not exist
|
|
saucy |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commit;h=127c78b8b7615b2e895a879792f4b0b825a02a81 |
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Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
xen-3.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
hardy |
Does not exist
|
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
quantal |
Does not exist
|
|
raring |
Does not exist
|
|
saucy |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commit;h=127c78b8b7615b2e895a879792f4b0b825a02a81 |
||
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. |
References
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79617
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51071
- http://osvdb.org/86619
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-10/msg02015.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4544
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian