Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24404Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
kvm is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found when the host system had a processor with the Intel VT-x extension enabled. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to trick the host into emulating a certain instruction.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/42778
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0435
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570528
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0622.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0627.html
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C