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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2013-0168	2013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2013-0168-1	2013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0168-1	2013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0168	2013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.1.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0168-1	2013-01-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5)	ELSA-2013-0168	2013-01-22

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