CVE-2010-2070

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-06-16
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service and turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR, as demonstrated via exploitation of CVE-2006-0742.

See more information about CVE-2010-2070 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:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.11.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0610	2010-08-10