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CVE-2012-3496

XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode i

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.00093

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Affected Products & Versions

2

citrix xenserver<= 6.0.2

xenall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.7

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD23 Nov 2012 · 08:55 PM

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References & Sources

23

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/50472Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50530Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/51413

http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708PatchVendor Advisory

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

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

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

http://www.osvdb.org/85200

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

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

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

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

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