CVE-2012-4539

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201309-24

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."

Xen 4.0 hasta 4.2, al ejecutar clientes 32-bit x86 PV en hipervisores 64-bit, permite a los administradores locales del sistema operativo cliente causar una denegación de servicio (bucle infinito y cuelgue o caída) a través de argumentos no válidos a GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, alias "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability".

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, allowing attackers on a Xen Virtual Machine to execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or gain access to data on the host. Versions less than 4.2.2-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-21 CVE Reserved
2012-11-21 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (22)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/4	Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/87305	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027763	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80026	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.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.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html	2017-08-29
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	2017-08-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582	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
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"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.0.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.0.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.0.4 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.4"		-		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"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.3"		-		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