Xen CVE-2012-4411 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:55442

Info

Xen CVE-2012-4411 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 55442
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-4411
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 06 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 10:02PM
Credit: Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable: XenSource Xen 4.1.2
XenSource Xen 4.1.1
XenSource Xen 4.0
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE openSUSE 12.1
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Xen CVE-2012-4411 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Xen is prone to a local security-bypass vulnerability.

Attackers with access to a guest operating system can exploit this issue to gain access to restricted host resources and escalate elevated privileges to that of the host.

Solution / Fix

Xen CVE-2012-4411 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
A vendor patch is available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Xen CVE-2012-4411 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

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