CVE-2008-4405

xen: Multiple unsafe uses of guest-writable data from xenstore

Published Oct 3, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, and does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within this tree, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to (1) console/tty, (2) console/limit, or (3) image/device-model-pid. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as an issue in libvirt 0.3.3 and xenstore, but CVE is considering the core issue to be related to Xen.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4386 xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, and does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within this tree, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to (1) console/tty, (2) console/limit, or (3) image/device-model-pid. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as an issue in libvirt 0.3.3 and xenstore, but CVE is considering the core issue to be related to Xen.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:17 AM
Reserved
Oct 3, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 3, 2008, 5:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 30, 2008, 12:00 AM