Information disclosure in Xen - CVE-2012-4411
Published: November 23, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43305
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4411
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.
The graphical console in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 allows local OS guest administrators to obtain sensitive host resource information via the qemu monitor. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0998.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4411
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00007.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55442
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03