The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2012-10-31T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T20:42:54.912Z
Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-4544
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2012-10-31T16:55:05.827
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:43:06.290
Link: CVE-2012-4544
Redhat