CVE-2009-1758

CVE Details

Release Date:2009-05-22
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in certain address ranges.

See more information about CVE-2009-1758 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 5.0
Vector String: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)ELSA-2009-11322009-07-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.3.0.1.EL)ELSA-2009-11322009-07-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.3.0.1.EL)ELSA-2009-11322009-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2009-11062009-06-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.14.0.1.el5)ELSA-2009-11062009-06-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.14.0.1.el5)ELSA-2009-11062009-06-17


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