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Cent OS: CVE-2012-5513: CESA-2012:1540 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-5513: CESA-2012:1540 (kernel)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/13/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel

References

  • 56797
  • DSA-2582
  • GLSA-201309-24
  • CVE-2012-5513
  • RHSA-2012:1540
  • SUSE-SU-2012:1606
  • SUSE-SU-2012:1615
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0446
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0470
  • xen-xenmemexchange-priv-esc(80482)
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