CVE-2012-4544
CVE-2012-4544
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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.
EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51071
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/86619
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4544