CVE-2012-6033 (GCVE-0-2012-6033)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-23 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://osvdb.org/85199
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
cve@mitre.org http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/85199
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
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