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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1619 json

The ssm_i emulation in Xen 5.1 on IA64 architectures allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dom0 panic) via certain traffic, as dem…

published 2008-04-02 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1620

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ssm_i emulation in Xen 5.1 on IA64 architectures allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dom0 panic) via certain traffic, as demonstrated using an FTP stress test tool.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0233

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1619 updated

[xen-ia64] Dom0 panic while we run ftp test tool between HVM and Dom0.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0233

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Exploit prediction

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437770 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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