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.
Published: 2012-12-03
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2501-1 xen security update
EUVD 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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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-03T21:55:01.597

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

Link: CVE-2012-2934

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-2934 - Bugzilla

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