Description
Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2501-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-2913 | Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.075Z
Reserved: 2012-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-2934
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-12-03T21:55:01.597
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-2934
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD