FKIE_CVE-2008-5716
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-24 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:00
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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"value": "xend in Xen 3.3.0 does not properly restrict a guest VM\u0027s 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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"value": "xend en Xen 3.3.0 no restringe adecuadamente el acceso de escritura de una m\u00e1quina virtual invitada en el \u00e1rbol de directorios xenstore /local/domain, lo que permite a usuarios del sistema operativo visitantes provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio y posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado escribiendo en (1) console/tty, (2) console/limit, o (3) image/device-model-pid. NOTA: este problema existe debido a llamadas set_permissions err\u00f3neas en el parche para CVE-2008-4405."
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"id": "CVE-2008-5716",
"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:00:51.983",
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"confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
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"vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
"version": "2.0"
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"published": "2008-12-24T18:29:15.920",
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"url": "http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html"
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"url": "http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html"
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"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html"
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"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499"
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"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499"
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"comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Xen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Security update released to address CVE-2008-4405 - https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html - contained correct patch which did not introduce this problem and resolved the original issue.",
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