CVE - CVE-2012-3496

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3496	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.
References
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MISC:1027481 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481 MISC:50472 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 MISC:50530 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 MISC:51413 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 MISC:55082 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 MISC:55412 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412 MISC:85200 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/85200~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2544 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 MISC:GLSA-201309-24 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml MISC:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1132 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1133 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1162 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html MISC:[Xen-announce] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 14 (CVE-2012-3496) - XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability URL:http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 14 (CVE-2012-3496) - XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7 MISC:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 URL:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 MISC:http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability URL:http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1172 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1174 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html 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-xenmempopulatephysmap-dos(78267) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	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.
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