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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4536: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4536: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/21/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The (1) domain_pirq_to_emuirq and (2) physdev_unmap_pirq functions in Xen 2.2 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen crash) via a crafted pirq value that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-pvgrub
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen-pvgrub
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen-tools

References

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