Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2012-3433 |
CWE-ID | CWE-399 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
xen (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32757
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3433
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsxen (Alpine package): 4.1.1-r3 - 4.1.2-r12
CPE2.3https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e84909f06d3c31e0e2fbb19fd8973e400db2e151
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f487d6b5efad92b95dcddc6af76a13b2429449d2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.