Vulnerability in Xensource Xen
CVE-2010-2070
arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service and "turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR," as demonstrated via exploitation of CVE-2006-0742.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xensource Xen — versions 4.0.0, 3.4.0
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html (vendor-advisory)
- xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/10/2 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/65541 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40776 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/43315 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59373 (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)