CVE-2012-4544

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4544
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-31 16:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0446-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51324 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA51352 - SUSE update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1487-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: xen-4.2.0-3.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: xen-4.1.3-5.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1573-1: important: XEN: security an af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51413 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: xen-4.1.3-3.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 25 (CVE-2012-4544) - Xen domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdisk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0470-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2636-2 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
osvdb.org/86619 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1486-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Xen Doman Builder Size Validation Bug Lets Local Guest Administrators Denial of Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0411-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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