Microsoft Hyper-V Instruction Set Validation Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
10 Feb 2010
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RISK: Medium Risk
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of specific sequences of machine instructions by Hyper-V. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected Hyper-V system to stop responding. This would affect all virtual machines hosted by that system.
Impact
- Denial of Service
System / Technologies affected
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
Solutions
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Download locations for this patch
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
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