CVE-2012-4538
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Find out more about CVE-2012-4538 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation