CVE-2010-4238

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-22 22:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xen 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 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
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
0004517: CentOS 5.5 Xen Dom0 crash with Windows 2008 R2 64bit DomU + GPLPV - CentOS Bug Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.centos.org Exploit
Xen 'vbd_create()' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMSA-2011-0012.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
655623 – (CVE-2010-4238) CVE-2010-4238 kernel: Xen Dom0 crash with Windows 2008 R2 64bit DomU + GPLPV af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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