CVE-2012-4544
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 31, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2012
Description
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2014:0470vendor-advisory
- 51071third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20121026 Xen Security Advisory 25 (CVE-2012-4544) - Xen domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdiskmailing-list
- FEDORA-2012-17408vendor-advisory
- 51413third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2012-17204vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:1486vendor-advisory
- DSA-2636vendor-advisory
- xen-pvdomainbuilder-dos(79617)vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2012-17135vendor-advisory
- 56289vdb-entry
- 1027699vdb-entry
- RHSA-2013:0241vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1572vendor-advisory
- 86619vdb-entry
- SUSE-SU-2012:1487vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446vendor-advisory
- 51352third-party-advisory
- 51324third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2014:0411vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1573vendor-advisory
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