Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2010-4238 First vendor Publication 2011-01-22
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 5.5 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 5.1 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

The 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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4238

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20307
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20307
Title: VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc and dhcp
Description: The 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-4238
Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-03-16 Name : VMSA-2011-0012.3 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX...
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl
2011-09-23 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1321-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1321-01_kernel.nasl
2011-08-12 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1186-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1186_1.nasl
2011-01-14 Name : RedHat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 kernel RHSA-2011:0017-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0017-01_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_5.6_kernel.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
70660 Linux Kernel on RHEL Xen vbd_create Function blkback Driver Virtual CD-ROM De...

The 'vbd_create' function in Xen allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service when attempting to access a virtual CD-ROM through the blkback driver.

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2011-10-27 IAVM : 2011-A-0147 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX and ESXi
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0030545

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-04 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilit...
File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_515841_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1321.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-14 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2011-0012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1186-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623
MISC http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698

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