The set_debugreg hypercall in include/asm-x86/debugreg.h in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when running on x86-64 systems, allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing to the reserved bits of the DR7 debug control register.
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html - | |
References | () http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html - | |
References | () http://osvdb.org/85197 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 - | |
References | () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml - | |
References | () http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-12_hypercall_set_debugreg_vulnerability - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/5 - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55400 - | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027479 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851139 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78265 - | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 - |
Information
Published : 2012-11-23 20:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:40
NVD link : CVE-2012-3494
Mitre link : CVE-2012-3494
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-3494
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Products Affected
xen
- xen
citrix
- xenserver
CWE
CWE-264
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