CVE-2010-4238

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-01-22
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-238.el5)	ELSA-2011-0017	2011-01-20