CVE-2007-5498 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Xen hypervisor's block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18. A privileged user within a 32-bit paravirtualized guest on a 64-bit host can crash the host OS by requesting an excessive number of blocks. This local attack has low complexity and results in a complete loss of availability for the host. There is no known exploit code available, and it has received negligible community or media attention, indicating it is not actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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