The backend driver in Xen 3.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevents the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain, causes a hang in zenwatch, or prevents unspecified xm commands from working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42372
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181b
OR
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ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
---|---|---|---|---|
89680 | VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0012) (remote check) | Nessus | Misc. | high |
75554 | openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0399-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
68176 | Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2011-0004) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
60929 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
59154 | SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7304) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | medium |
56508 | VMSA-2011-0012 : VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third-party libraries and ESX Service Console | Nessus | VMware ESX Local Security Checks | high |
53740 | openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0346-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
52597 | SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 4039 / 4042 / 4043) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
52475 | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1072-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
51818 | Debian DSA-2153-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
51752 | SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7303) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | medium |
51426 | CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0004) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
51417 | RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0004) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |