CVE-2012-3494

kernel: xen: hypercall set_debugreg vulnerability

Published Nov 23, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The set_debugreg hypercall in include/asm-x86/debugreg.h in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when running on x86-64 systems, allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing to the reserved bits of the DR7 debug control register.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2544-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3450 The set_debugreg hypercall in include/asm-x86/debugreg.h in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when running on x86-64 systems, allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing to the reserved bits of the DR7 debug control register.
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/85197 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-12_hypercall_set_debugreg_vulnerability cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55400 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027479 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851139 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78265 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3494 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3494 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:05 PM
Reserved
Jun 14, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 23, 2012, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:43 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 5, 2012, 12:00 AM