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CVE-2012-4539

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.1.3-4CVE-2012-4539
Fixed in:4.1.3-4CVE-2012-4539
Fixed in:4.1.3-4CVE-2012-4539
Fixed in:4.1.3-4CVE-2012-4539

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days
35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

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