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Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Persistent DoS Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 15 Jun 2011 14:11 Release Date: 15 Jun 2011 5126 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS

TYPE: Windows OS

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The vulnerability is due to Hyper-V servers insufficiently validating specific sequences of machine instructions. 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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