CVE-2012-3516

The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-11-23 12:55

Updated : 2013-01-31 20:49


NVD link : CVE-2012-3516

Mitre link : CVE-2012-3516


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CWE
CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

citrix

  • xenserver

xen

  • xen