The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.
http://xenbits.xensource.com/hg/xen-unstable.hg/rev/60f09d1ab1fe
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027090
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53650
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
http://secunia.com/advisories/49184
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1130.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00024.html