Linux Foundation xen 3.4.0/4.0.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Foundation xen 3.4.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2070. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Foundation xen 3.4.0/4.0.0 (Virtualization Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service and "turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR," as demonstrated via exploitation of CVE-2006-0742.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2010 as Bug 586415 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2070 since 05/25/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48301 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0610)), 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 118967 (VMware ESX Security Update for Third-Party Components (VMSA-2011-0003)).

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 X-Force (59373), Tenable (48301), SecurityFocus (BID 40776†), OSVDB (65541†) and Secunia (SA43315†). The entries VDB-51678, VDB-51131, VDB-52616 and VDB-52326 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 48301
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0610)
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OpenVAS ID: 880569
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0610 centos5 i386
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02/11/2011 +179 days 🔍
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09/16/2021 +2373 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linuxfoundation.org

Advisory: Bug 586415
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2070 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2070
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53669

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X-Force: 59373
SecurityFocus: 40776 - Xen 'arch/ia64/xen/faults.c' Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 43315 - VMware ESX Server Multiple Kernel Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 65541 - Linux Kernel / Xen on IA-64 arch/ia64/xen/faults.c PSR umask Modification Local DoS
Vulnerability Center: 26816 - XenSource Xen 3.0-3.4 and 4 Local DoS Vulnerability, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/16/2021 05:11
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 03/03/2017 08:03 (16), 09/16/2021 05:11 (3)
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