CVE-2012-3516

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Citrix
Status
Xenserver
Xen
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 November 2012

Summary

The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55411
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http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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