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CVE-2014-0055
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 5.1/10
- Access Vector
- Adjacent_network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- Single
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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