2.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw was found in the Xenbus code for the unified block-device I/O interface back end. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the host system running the Xen hypervisor.
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0004
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
secunia.com/advisories/42372
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/43056
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039
www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181b
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0004
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important