CVE-2012-2625
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-2625 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-10-31 16:55:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-04-13 13:00:00 UTC |
| Description | The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen | 4.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen-unstable | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Xen | Xen-unstable | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1135-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1174-1: important: Security Update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 1817 – pv bootloader doesn't check the size of the bzip2 or lzma compressed kernel | MISC | bugzilla.xensource.com | Broken Link |
| oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 25 (CVE-2012-4544) - Xen domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Xen PV Bootloader Bug Lets Local Guest Users Crash the System - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1: important: XEN: security an | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1043-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA51413 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| xen-unstable.hg: 60f09d1ab1fe | CONFIRM | xenbits.xensource.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Malformed Request | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1172-1: important: Security Update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1573-1: important: XEN: security an | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1044-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA49184 - Xen PyGrub Kernel Decompression Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.