CVE - CVE-2010-4255

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-4255	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit platforms, when paravirtualization is enabled, does not verify that kernel mode is used to call the handle_gdt_ldt_mapping_fault function, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS BUG_ON) via a crafted memory access.
References
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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:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:RHSA-2011:0017 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html MISC:[oss-security] 20101130 CVE request: xen: x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest access URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20101130 Re: CVE request: xen: x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest access URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/8 MISC:[xen-devel] 20101129 [PATCH] x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest access URL:http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-11/msg01650.html 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=658155 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658155
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)
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