Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0435. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 (Virtualization Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2, and KVM 83, when the Intel VT-x extension is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via vectors related to instruction emulation.

The weakness was presented 08/24/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0435. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75553 (openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155627 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for KVM (ELSA-2010-0627)).

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 (75553), SecurityFocus (BID 42582†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27004†). See VDB-54464, VDB-54462 and VDB-55840 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 75553
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68992
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2153-1 (linux-2.6)
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01/27/2010 🔍
08/20/2010 +205 days 🔍
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08/24/2010 +4 days 🔍
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09/06/2010 +13 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1376 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +279 days 🔍
09/23/2021 +2380 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0622
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54463

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SecurityFocus: 42582 - Linux Kernel KVM Intel VT-x Extension NULL Pointer Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 42778
Vulnerability Center: 27004 - Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 and KVM 83 Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/23/2021 18:02
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (60), 03/03/2017 10:59 (9), 09/23/2021 17:55 (6), 09/23/2021 18:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:446:103

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