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.
Published: 2008-12-24
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.239Z

Reserved: 2008-12-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5716

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-24T18:29:15.920

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5716

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5716 - Bugzilla

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