PT-2007-6840 · Xen · Xen

Published 2007-11-09 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-5906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen version 3.1.1

Description The issue allows virtual guest system users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a hypervisor crash. This is achieved by utilizing a debug register, specifically DR7, to set certain breakpoints.

Recommendations For Xen version 3.1.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5906

Affected Products

Xen

References · 8

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-10/msg01048.html · Patch
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5906 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27219 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28405 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 · Note