CVE-2010-3699
The backend driver in Xen 3.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevents the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain, causes a hang in zenwatch, or prevents unspecified xm…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The backend driver in Xen 3.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevents the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain, causes a hang in zenwatch, or prevents unspecified xm commands from working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.7 LOWAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.71% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- citrix/xen
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42372Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181bPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42372Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181bPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.