CVE-2012-4537

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-11-13

Description

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the set_p2m_entry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and assertion failure), aka Memory

See more information about CVE-2012-4537 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04

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