CVE-2012-4411

Publication date 23 November 2012

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The graphical console in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 allows local OS guest administrators to obtain sensitive host resource information via the qemu monitor. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0998.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.4
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4.1.1-2ubuntu4.4
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.2 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
xen-3.3 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-qemu-dm-4.0 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

this is XSA-19

jdstrand

xen-qemu-dm-4.0 needs libxen-dev >= 4.0, but it isn't available in 11.04, as a result, there are no binaries available in 11.04.

mdeslaur

seems disabled by default in 3.x

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
xen-qemu-dm-4.0

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