CVE-2012-0217
NoneCVSS
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EPSS
39.8%
Published
Jun 12, 2012
CISA due date
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The record
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | xen | 0 | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| Debian:12 | xen | 0 | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| Debian:13 | xen | 0 | 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 |
| Debian:6.0 | kfreebsd-8 | 0 | 8.1+dfsg-8+squeeze3 |
| Debian:6.0 | xen | 0 | 4.0.1-5.2 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-PAE | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-PAE-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-debug | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-debug-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-doc | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-headers | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-kdump | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-kdump-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-xen | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | kernel-xen-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-PAE | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-PAE-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-debug | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-debug-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-doc | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-headers | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-kdump | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-kdump-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-xen | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | kernel-xen-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-PAE | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-PAE-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-debug | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-debug-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-doc | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-headers | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-kdump | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-xen | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.6 | kernel-xen-devel | 0 | 0:2.6.18-238.39.1.el5 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | xen | 0 | 4.7.0_12-1.3 |
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