Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-1758
The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.18, 2.6.30
- Xen — versions 2.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/35093 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/2 (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10313 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/35298 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34957 (vdb-entry)
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-05/msg00561.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809 (vendor-advisory)