6.1 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in fixup_page_fault() in the Xen hypervisor implementation. If a 64-bit para-virtualized guest accessed a certain area of memory, it could 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/5.6_Release_Notes/index.html
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html
lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-11/msg01650.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/8
secunia.com/advisories/42884
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0017
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658155