PT-2012-5996 · Xen+1 · Xen+1

Published 2012-12-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-5511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 3.4 through 4.1

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the dirty video RAM tracking functionality, allowing local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) by utilizing a large bitmap image.

Recommendations For Xen versions 3.4 through 4.1, consider restricting the use of large bitmap images to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5511

DSA-2636-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1685-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1687-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2013_0133-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0940-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0944-1

Affected Products

Suse

Xen

References · 165

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5511 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51487 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5511 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5511 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5511 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51397 · Vendor Advisory