ubuntu · CVE-2012-5513

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Priority: medium Published: 2012-12-13 11:53:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2012-5513 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (xen, xen-3.1, xen-3.2, xen-3.3), 32 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 20, released 5, needs-triage 4, ignored 3.

Description:

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

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