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Medium
CVE-2012-4538
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does...
Vulnerability Description
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://osvdb.org/87306
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 24th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.