National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5514
Original release date:12/13/2012
Last revised:05/15/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly unlock the subject GFNs when checking if they are in use, which allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hang) via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: XF
Name: xen-guestphysmapmark-dos(80483)
External Source: BID
Name: 56803
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 88130
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20121203 Xen Security Advisory 30 (CVE-2012-5514) - Broken error handling in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand()
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2582
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51487
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51486
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51468
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51397
Type: Advisory
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0637
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0636
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0133
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1687
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1685
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SU-2012:1615