Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5716
CVE-2008-5716
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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
7- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.htmlnvd
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.htmlnvd
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.htmlnvd
- lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.htmlnvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668nvd
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