CVE-2012-3496

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3496
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-23 20:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionXENMEM_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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xenserver All All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA50530 - Citrix XenServer Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/85200 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[Xen-announce] Xen Security Advisory 14 (CVE-2012-3496) - XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.xen.org Vendor Advisory
Xen 'XENMEM_populate_physmap' CVE-2012-3496 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1132-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1162-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Xen XENMEM_populate_physmap() Input Validation Flaw Lets Local Users on the Guest Operating System Deny Service on the Host - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA50472 - Xen Multiple Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1573-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1172-1: important: Security Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA51413 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1133-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1174-1: important: Security Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Announcements - Xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.xen.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2544-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA55082 - Gentoo update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Bug 854590 – CVE-2012-3496 kernel: xen: XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 14 (CVE-2012-3496) - XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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