CVE-2012-5515 Affecting xen package, versions <4.1.3-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-XEN-5700996
  • published13 Dec 2012
  • disclosed13 Dec 2012

Introduced: 13 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5515  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 xen to version 4.1.3-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) XENMEM_decrease_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, and (3) XENMEM_exchange hypercalls in Xen 4.2 and earlier allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (long loop and hang) via a crafted extent_order value.

CVSS Scores

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