CVE-2012-3496

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.

XENMEM_populate_physmap en Xen v4.0, v4.1, y v4.2, y Citrix XenServer v6.0.2 y anteriores, cuando el modo de traducción de página no se utiliza, permite a los kernels locales PV del SO invitado causar una denegación de servicio (caída del host) a través flags inválidos como MEMF_populate_on_demand.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.7

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
2012-09-10 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-16: Configuration

CAPEC

References (23)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481	Vdb Entry
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7	Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/85200	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708	2017-08-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html	2017-08-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472	2017-08-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530	2017-08-29
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	2017-08-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544	2017-08-29
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	2017-08-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Citrix Search vendor "Citrix"		Xenserver Search vendor "Citrix" for product "Xenserver"				<= 6.0.2 Search vendor "Citrix" for product "Xenserver" and version " <= 6.0.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected