CVE - CVE-2010-4238

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4238	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:42884 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42884 MISC:45795 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:RHSA-2011:0017 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html MISC:http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517 URL:http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623 MISC:xen-vdbcreate-dos(64698) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20101116	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20101116)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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