DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4539

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4539

    Published: 21 Nov 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4539

    Summary:

    Details: 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."

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4539

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.1.3-4

    Affected versions

    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