CVE-2012-4544: Improper Input Validation

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...

PT-2012-5473

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 4.2 and earlier Description The issue allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service by consuming domain 0 memory via a crafted kernel or ramdisk, due to the lack of validation of the size of the kernel or ramdisk...

kexec-tools: Multiple security flaws by management of kdump core files and ramdisk images

The Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, uses world-readable permissions for vmcore files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by inspecting the file...

RHEL 5 : kexec-tools (RHSA-2012:0152)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0152 advisory. The kexec-tools package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec...

RHEL 6 : kexec-tools (RHSA-2011:1532)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1532 advisory. Kexec allows for booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already running kernel. Kdump used the SSH Secure Shell...

kexec-tools: Multiple security flaws by management of kdump core files and ramdisk images

The Red Hat mkdumprd script for kexec-tools, as distributed in the kexec-tools 1.x before 1.102pre-154 and 2.x before 2.0.0-209 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, includes all of root's SSH private keys within a vmcore file, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive...