CVE-2009-1242

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The vmx_set_msr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the VMX implementation in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 on the i386 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by setting the EFER_LME (aka "Long mode enable") bit in the Extended Feature Enable Register (EFER) model-specific register, which is specific to the x86_64 platform.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-1242
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2009-04-06T14:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-27T16:43:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.29.1
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 Third Party Advisory
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of,20090402,8311 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 Broken Link
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1242
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1242
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:28:08 Added to TrackCVE