CVE-2010-4238

Published Jan 22, 2011

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
5.1
Vector string
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

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