01 Record
CVE-2008-5716
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-24 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 36387c8ed3828a29b641c5c71180ad607414e8545349c5b405e36b6fe9da6ba7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-xend-xenstore-dos(47668)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guesthttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.html
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guesthttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guesthttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html
- www.securityfocus.com31499http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081219 CVE Request -- Xen (Upstream patch for CVE-2008-4405 is incomplete)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20081218 PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guesthttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html