CVE-2010-4238 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen 3.1.2, specifically when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. A guest OS user can trigger a host OS panic by attempting to access a virtual CD-ROM device via the blkback driver. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a medium severity, with an adjacent network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
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