CVE-2010-4238
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-01-22 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 03:34
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42884
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/46397
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698
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