CVE - CVE-2010-0298

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0298	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.
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:38158 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158 MISC:38492 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 MISC:DSA-1996 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 MISC:RHSA-2010:0088 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html MISC:RHSA-2010:0095 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559091 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559091 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11335 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11335
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100112	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 (20100112)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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