CVE-2010-0309
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-02-12 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:45
Severity ?
Summary
The pit_ioport_read function in the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pit_state data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or hang) by attempting to read the /dev/port file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38492
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38922
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg28002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/02/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/02/4
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560887
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11095
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
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