CVE - CVE-2012-4537

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4537	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the set_p2m_entry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and assertion failure), aka "Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability."
References
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MISC:1027761 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027761 MISC:51200 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51200 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:51468 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/51468 MISC:55082 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 MISC:56498 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498 MISC:87307 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/87307~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2582 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582 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:RHSA-2012:1540 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.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-2012:1615 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.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:[Xen-announce] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 22 (CVE-2012-4537) - Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability URL:http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00005.html MISC:[oss-security] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 22 (CVE-2012-4537) - Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/6 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-setp2mentry-dos(80024) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80024
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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