Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2012-5514
Published: December 13, 2012 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33918
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5514
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly unlock the subject GFNs when checking if they are in use, which allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hang) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5514
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51487
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/12
- http://www.osvdb.org/88130
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56803
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80483