CVE-2012-3433

Published: Nov 24, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.

Affected (2)

Products: Xen: Xen

Xen

1 product

Xen

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Version 4.0.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.1.0

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (20)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00025.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00855.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2531

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54942

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html