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Sid
18396

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Windows Server 2008.

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
The Hyper-V server implementation in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2 on the x64 platform allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a crafted application that executes a malformed series of machine instructions, aka "Hyper-V Instruction Set Validation Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2 and R2 64 bit 

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2010-0026:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0026
  
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