CVE-2010-0298

Description

The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.52%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559091 issue tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11335 signature vdb entry broken link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 vendor advisory third party advisory not applicable
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 third party advisory not applicable

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0298?
CVE-2010-0298 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0298?
To fix CVE-2010-0298, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0298 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-0298 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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