Bug 701240 (CVE-2011-1763) - CVE-2011-1763 kernel: xen: improper upper boundary check in get_free_port() function
Summary: CVE-2011-1763 kernel: xen: improper upper boundary check in get_free_port() f...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-1763
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 701242 701243
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-02 09:09 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2021-02-24 15:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-07-29 12:43:26 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0833 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2011-05-31 14:05:42 UTC

Description Petr Matousek 2011-05-02 09:09:27 UTC
Description:
A flaw was found in the way Xen hypervisor checked for upper boundary when
getting a new event channel port. A privileged DomU user could use this
flaws to cause denial of service or, possibly, increase his privileges.

Comment 15 Petr Matousek 2011-05-03 11:48:58 UTC
This issue does not affect upstream.

Comment 16 Petr Matousek 2011-05-03 11:56:07 UTC
Statement:

This issue only affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as we did not backport upstream Xen unstable commit 2dcdd2fcb945. The versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG are not affected.

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-31 14:06:16 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:0833 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html


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