NVD

CVE-2009-1242 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/07/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html	Mailing List 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/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
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://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34478	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34478	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35120	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35120	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35387	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35387	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656	Third Party Advisory
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585	Third Party Advisory
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084	Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800	Third Party Advisory
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1	Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1	Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log	Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924	Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:01:59 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
Added	Reference	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3
Added	Reference	http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/34478
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35226
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
Added	Reference	http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585
Added	Reference	http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
Added	Reference	http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20090402%2C8311
Added	Reference	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1
Added	Reference	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594
Added	Reference	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/27/2020 12:43:29 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-20
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-264
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 20745 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.6::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.	OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.29.1
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 No Types Assigned	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16175a796d061833aacfbd9672235f2d2725df65 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 No Types Assigned	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ Patch	http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/15549/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/34478 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35226 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35387 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 No Types Assigned	http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-EFER-8585 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 No Types Assigned	http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of,20090402,8311 No Types Assigned	http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of,20090402,8311 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 No Types Assigned	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log No Types Assigned	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.29-git1.log Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34331 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0924 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502109 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49594 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1242
NVD Published Date:
04/06/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2009-1242 Detail

Description

Metrics

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/07/2009)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:01:59 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:05:52 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:03:51 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/27/2020 12:43:29 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2018 3:35:22 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/16/2017 9:30:14 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 4/06/2009 11:12:00 AM

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