CVE-2012-4537

Xen 3.4-4.2 - Denial of Service via Memory Mapping Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (23)

Core 23
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80024
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/6
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/87307
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027761

Scores

EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-16
Status published
Products (15)
xen/xen 3.4.0
xen/xen 3.4.1
xen/xen 3.4.2
xen/xen 3.4.3
xen/xen 3.4.4
xen/xen 4.0.0
xen/xen 4.0.1
xen/xen 4.0.2
xen/xen 4.0.3
xen/xen 4.0.4
... and 5 more
Published Nov 21, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026