VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5510
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51397Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51486Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51487Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6
- http://www.osvdb.org/88128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56794
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80478
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51397Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51486Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51487Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.