CVE-2012-5515

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-12-03

Description


The (1) XENMEM_decrease_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, and (3) XENMEM_exchange hypercalls in Xen 4.2 and earlier allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (long loop and hang) via a crafted extent_order value.

See more information about CVE-2012-5515 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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-01682013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-0168-12013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.1.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-0168-12013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5)ELSA-2013-01682013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.1.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-0168-12013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5)ELSA-2013-01682013-01-22



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