CVE-2012-5634

Publication date 8 January 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and 4.0, when using Intel VT-d for PCI passthrough, does not properly configure VT-d when supporting a device that is behind a legacy PCI Bridge, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service to other guests by injecting an interrupt.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Fixed 4.1.3-3ubuntu1.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.5
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.5
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

hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary

jdstrand

Xen Security Advisory 33

mdeslaur

only 4.0 and + are vulnerable

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