CVE-2010-0730 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.6 Published Updated

Guest OS users can crash the 32-bit guest OS via MMIO instruction decoder flaws in the Xen hypervisor on RHEL 5.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-0730?

CVE-2010-0730 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 11 May 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MMIO instruction decoder in the Xen hypervisor in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (32-bit guest OS crash) via vectors that trigger an unspecified instruction emulation.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0730?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0730?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-0730 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0730 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f4p2-64fc-c2r9.

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