Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51397
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
http://secunia.com/advisories/51486
http://secunia.com/advisories/51487
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6
Source: MITRE
Published: 2012-12-13
Updated: 2017-08-29
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 4.7
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: MEDIUM