Description
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51071 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html ↗
- http://osvdb.org/86619 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html ↗