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    CVE-2012-3496

    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.

    Published:Sep 5, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 23, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00093
    CVSS Score:4.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Citrix
    Product
    Xenserver
    Vendor
    Xen
    Product
    Xen

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
    http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481
    http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
    http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7
    http://www.osvdb.org/85200
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
    http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
    http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481
    http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
    http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7
    http://www.osvdb.org/85200
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High