CVE-2012-5510
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Find out more about CVE-2012-5510 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