CVE-2012-6033
First published: Fri Nov 23 2012(Updated: )
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xen Xen | =4.0.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.1.0 | |
| Xen Xen | =4.2.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/85199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- vendor/xen
- canonical/xen xen
- version/xen xen/4.0.0
- version/xen xen/4.1.0
- version/xen xen/4.2.0