Improper Input Validation Affecting xen-devel package, versions <0:3.0.3-135.el5_8.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-XENDEVEL-9841021
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed4 May 2012

Introduced: 4 May 2012

CVE-2012-2625  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 xen-devel to version 0:3.0.3-135.el5_8.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1130.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen-devel package and not the xen-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1