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CVE-2012-6033 Details

Description

The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/85199	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	CVE
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482	CVE
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/85199	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	[email protected]
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xen xen	4.0.0 4.1.0 4.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 26, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]