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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-31T16:55:05.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:43:06.290

Link: CVE-2012-4544

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4544 - Bugzilla