CVE - CVE-2012-4544

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4544	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:1027699 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699 MISC:51071 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51071 MISC:51324 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51324 MISC:51352 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51352 MISC:51413 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 MISC:56289 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289 MISC:86619 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/86619~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2636 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636 MISC:FEDORA-2012-17135 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html MISC:FEDORA-2012-17204 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html MISC:FEDORA-2012-17408 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html MISC:RHSA-2013:0241 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1486 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1487 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2014:0411 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2014:0446 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2014:0470 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html MISC:[oss-security] 20121026 Xen Security Advisory 25 (CVE-2012-4544) - Xen domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1572 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1573 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html MISC:xen-pvdomainbuilder-dos(79617) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120821	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120821)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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