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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:51:45 +0000
From: Xen.org security team <security@....org>
To: xen-announce@...ts.xen.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
xen-users@...ts.xen.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Xen.org security team <security@....org>
Subject: Xen Security Advisory 29 (CVE-2012-5513) - XENMEM_exchange may
overwrite hypervisor memory
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Xen Security Advisory CVE-2012-5513 / XSA-29
version 3
XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory
UPDATES IN VERSION 3
====================
Public release.
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================
The handler for XENMEM_exchange accesses guest memory without range checking
the guest provided addresses, thus allowing these accesses to include the
hypervisor reserved range.
IMPACT
======
A malicious guest administrator can cause Xen to crash. If the out of address
space bounds access does not lead to a crash, a carefully crafted privilege
escalation cannot be excluded, even though the guest doesn't itself control
the values written.
VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
==================
All Xen versions are vulnerable.
The vulnerability is only exposed to PV guests.
MITIGATION
==========
Running only HVM guests, or ensuring that PV guests only use trusted kernels,
will avoid this vulnerability.
RESOLUTION
==========
Applying the appropriate attached patch resolves this issue.
xsa29-4.1.patch Xen 4.1.x
xsa29-4.2-unstable.patch Xen 4.2.x, xen-unstable
$ sha256sum xsa29*.patch
7246a5534bc1e6a47bb6a860f6eb61c8353ad8b46209310783e823b4f7e2eae8 xsa29-4.1.patch
54dcd3ac5c84903bfb04f8591107a74c27b079815f2c6843212e05f776873c73 xsa29-4.2-unstable.patch
$
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Download attachment "xsa29-4.1.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (2087 bytes)
Download attachment "xsa29-4.2-unstable.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (2099 bytes)
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