CVE-2012-3498: Input Validation
First published: Thu Aug 23 2012(Updated: )
PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq in Xen 4.1 and 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly read hypervisor or guest memory via vectors related to a missing range check of map->index.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| XenServer | <=6.0.2 | |
| Xen xen-unstable | =4.1.0 | |
| Xen xen-unstable | =4.2.0 |
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Reference Links
- 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/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html
- http://osvdb.org/85198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027483
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-16_PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq_index_vulnerability
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851193
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78269
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- alias/CVE-2012-3498
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- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/citrix
- canonical/xenserver
- version/xenserver/6.0.2
- vendor/xen
- canonical/xen xen-unstable
- version/xen xen-unstable/4.1.0
- version/xen xen-unstable/4.2.0