CVE-2008-5716

xen: Incomplete upstream fix for CVE-2008-4405

Published Dec 24, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
xend in Xen 3.3.0 does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within the /local/domain xenstore directory 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 exists because of erroneous set_permissions calls in the fix for CVE-2008-4405.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5687 xend in Xen 3.3.0 does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within the /local/domain xenstore directory 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 exists because of erroneous set_permissions calls in the fix for CVE-2008-4405.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM
Reserved
Dec 24, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 24, 2008, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 18, 2008, 12:00 AM