CVE-2010-3699

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3699
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-08 20:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe backend driver in Xen 3.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevents the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain, causes a hang in zenwatch, or prevents unspecified xm commands from working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.7 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xen 3.0.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.0.3 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.0.4 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.1.3 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.1.4 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.2.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.2.1 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.2.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.2.3 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.3.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.3.1 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.3.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.4.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.4.1 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.4.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xen 3.4.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Xen 'blkback/blktap/netback' Leaked Kernel Thread Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
linux-2.6.18-xen.hg: log af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xensource.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xen Backend Driver Thread Leak Lets Local Guest Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Xen Backend Drivers Kernel Thread Leak Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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