CVE-2011-3262

Description

From CVE.org

tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (management software infinite loop and management domain resource consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "Lack of error checking in the decompression loop."

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of the Xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 6. This has been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0496.html.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score62.1N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Access ComplexityHighLowN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactCompleteNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactCompleteNoneN/A
Availability ImpactCompletePartialN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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