CVE-2008-5716
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (2)
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references (14)
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- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668enisa_euvd
- http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.htmlnvd
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