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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262

tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."

Products
xen
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.1.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2011-3262
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2011, 20:55 UTC

tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262

xen

Fixed versions: 4.1.1-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.1.1-1

xen

Fixed versions: 4.1.1-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "50fba7beb41bffe59c5d99edbc4a8e310a0db50385e1893d46f769c43fd17b17",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262",
    "summary": "tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to \"Lack of error checking in the decompression loop.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3262",
    "products": [
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          "value": "xen",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "4.1.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:30.641141453Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-3262"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3262"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-3262",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417332,
  "published_at": "2011-08-19T20:55:01.177+00:00"
}