CVE-2012-4544

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-10-26

Description

The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.

See more information about CVE-2012-4544 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:	2.7	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (xen)	ELSA-2013-0241	2013-02-07

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