CVE-2012-3516
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-23 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:05
Severity ?
Summary
The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50472Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50530Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-18_grant_table_entry_swaps_have_inadequate_bounds_checking
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55411
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50472Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50530Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-18_grant_table_entry_swaps_have_inadequate_bounds_checking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55411
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