cve-2007-5498
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-08 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:31
Severity ?
Summary
The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30116
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32918
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29082
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=369531Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42274
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9452
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=369531Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42274
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9452
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