CVE-2010-2811 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Red Hat Virtualization's VDSM by sending crafted SSL traffic, requiring a vendor patch.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-2811?

CVE-2010-2811 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Virtual Desktop Server Manager (VDSM) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2 does not properly accept TCP connections for SSL sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via crafted SSL traffic.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2811?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (3)
vdsm22 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisorAll versions0:4.5-62.14.el5_5rhev2_2
vdsm22-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisorAll versions0:4.5-62.14.el5_5rhev2_2
vdsm22-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisorAll versions0:4.5-62.14.el5_5rhev2_2

Products include Redhat Enterprise Virtualization.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2811?

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-2010-2811 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gmq6-f2cw-4cmr, RHSA-2010:0628.

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