Summary
Check the version of linux
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Lars Bull reported a race condition in the PIT
(programmable interrupt timer) emulation in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local guest user with access to PIT i/o ports could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash) on the host. (CVE-2014-3611)
Lars Bull and Nadav Amit reported a flaw in how KVM (the Kernel Virtual Machine) handles noncanonical writes to certain MSR registers. A privileged guest user can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) on the host. (CVE-2014-3610)
Affected
linux on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of
detect NVT and check if the version is vulnerable or not.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-3610, CVE-2014-3611 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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