Upstream information

CVE-2012-2934 at MITRE

Description

Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 764077 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • libvirt >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-doc >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-python >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • virt-manager >= 0.9.0-3.17.26
  • virt-utils >= 1.1.7-0.11.15
  • vm-install >= 0.5.9-0.7.13
  • xen >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • yast2-vm >= 2.17.10-0.5.42
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206
sledsp2-xen-201206
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • libvirt >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-doc >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-python >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • virt-manager >= 0.9.0-3.17.26
  • virt-utils >= 1.1.7-0.11.15
  • vm-install >= 0.5.9-0.7.13
  • xen >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • yast2-vm >= 2.17.10-0.5.42
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206
slessp2-xen-201206
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 xen Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 12:50:43 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Feb 14 14:43:14 2023