Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 Instruction Decoder input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Instruction Decoder. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0730. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Instruction Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The MMIO instruction decoder in the Xen hypervisor in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (32-bit guest OS crash) via vectors that trigger an unspecified instruction emulation.

The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2010 by Paolo Bonzini (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0730. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46759 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0398)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155657 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Kernel (ELSA-2010-0398)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46759), SecurityFocus (BID 39979†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25771†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46759
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0398)
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OpenVAS ID: 880586
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0398 centos5 i386
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03/19/2015 +1767 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0398
Researcher: Paolo Bonzini
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0730 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0730
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53147

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SecurityFocus: 39979 - Red Hat Xen MMIO Instruction Decoder Local Guest Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 39649
Vulnerability Center: 25771 - Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Local DoS Vulnerability via the MMIO Instruction Decoder, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/13/2021 09:10
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/24/2017 14:39 (9), 09/13/2021 09:06 (6), 09/13/2021 09:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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