PT-2012-6266 · Xen+1 · Xen+1

Published 2012-12-13 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-6333

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 4.2

Description The issue allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service, resulting in physical CPU consumption, by providing a large input to multiple HVM control operations.

Recommendations For Xen versions 3.4 through 4.2, consider restricting access to HVM control operations to prevent exploitation and minimize the risk of denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6333

DSA-2636-1

Affected Products

Suse

Xen

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6333 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51397 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6333 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51486 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51487 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6333 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6333 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80484 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56796 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/88129 · Note
• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 · Note