Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4405
CVE-2008-4405
Description
xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, and does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within this 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 was originally reported as an issue in libvirt 0.3.3 and xenstore, but CVE is considering the core issue to be related to Xen.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
15- xenbits.xensource.com/staging/xen-3.3-testing.hgnvdExploit
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-09/msg00992.htmlnvd
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-09/msg00994.htmlnvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/6nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32064nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/04/3nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2709nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10627nvd
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