Description
The x86-64 kernel system-call functionality in Xen 4.1.2 and earlier, as used in Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier and other products; Oracle Solaris 11 and earlier; illumos before r13724; Joyent SmartOS before 20120614T184600Z; FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p3; NetBSD 6.0 Beta and earlier; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1; and possibly other operating systems, when running on an Intel processor, incorrectly uses the sysret path in cases where a certain address is not a canonical address, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. NOTE: because this issue is due to incorrect use of the Intel specification, it should have been split into separate identifiers; however, there was some value in preserving the original mapping of the multi-codebase coordinated-disclosure effort to a single identifier.
Published: 2012-06-12
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 88.0% High
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
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2508-1 kfreebsd-8 security update
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Citrix Xenserver
Freebsd Freebsd
Illumos Illumos
Joyent Smartos
Microsoft Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Xp
Netbsd Netbsd
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
Sun Sunos
Xen Xen
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:16:19.831Z

Reserved: 2011-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0217

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-06-12T22:55:01.343

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-0217

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2012-0217 - Bugzilla

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