Home / bulletins MS10-010 - Important: Vulnerability in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Could Allow Denial of Service (977894) - Version:1.1
Posted on 11 February 2010
ImportantSeverity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.1 (February 10, 2010): Changed the Systems Management Server table entry for SMS 2003 with ITMU for Windows Server 2008 R2. This is an informational change only. There were no changes to the security update files or detection logic.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if a malformed sequence of machine instructions is run by an authenticated user in one of the guest virtual machines hosted by the Hyper-V server. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally into a guest virtual machine to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users.
