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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 commands from working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-3699 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from citrix organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-12-08T20:00:01.087

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

5.1

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	citrix	xen	3.0.2	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.0.3	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.0.4	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.1.3	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.1.4	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.2.0	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.2.1	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.2.2	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.2.3	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.3.0	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.3.1	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.3.2	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.4.0	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.4.1	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.4.2	Yes
Application	citrix	xen	3.4.3	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42372 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786 ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 ([email protected])
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181b Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42372 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45039 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024786 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/59f097ef181b Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For citrix's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.