SB2010061602 - Denial of service in Xen
Published: June 16, 2010 Updated: August 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010061602
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2070)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in arch/ia64/xen/faults.c on IA-64 architectures. A local user can turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/10/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/42caadb14edb
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586415
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59373