CVE-2007-6416 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00113.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Redhat	Enterprise Linux
Xen	Xen

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.6.el5	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5	RHSA-2008:0089	2008-01-23T00:00:00Z

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6382	The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/41344
http://secunia.com/advisories/28146
http://secunia.com/advisories/28643
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26954
http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/xen-unstable.hg?rev/e6069a715fd7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6416
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9840
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6416

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-17T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.663Z

Reserved: 2007-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6416

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-17T23:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-6416

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6416 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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