CVE-2012-3496

Published: Nov 23, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.7

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.

Affected (4)

Products: Citrix: Xenserver · Xen: Xen

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Citrix Xenserver	Up to 6.0.2
Xen Xen	Version 4.0.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.1.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.2.0

Related CWEs

References (46)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.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.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50530

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51413

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://securitytracker.com/id?1027481

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.osvdb.org/85200

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50530

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51413

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.osvdb.org/85200

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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