Description
The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.
Published: 2012-10-31
Score: 2.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2611 The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xen Xen Xen-unstable
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:42:30.655Z

Reserved: 2012-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2625

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-31T16:55:02.247

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2625

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2625 - Bugzilla

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