{"id":"CVE-2008-5716","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 an","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.","publishedAt":"2008-12-24T17:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T11:04:44.239Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668","http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.html","http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html","http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499","http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1","http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:39:03.292Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/5xxx/CVE-2008-5716.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-5716","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-12-24T17:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T11:04:44.239Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2008-12-24T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668","name":"xen-xend-xenstore-dos(47668)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499","name":"31499","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1","name":"[oss-security] 20081219 CVE Request -- Xen (Upstream patch for CVE-2008-4405 is incomplete)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2017-08-07T12:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2008-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2008-5716","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"xen-xend-xenstore-dos(47668)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668"},{"name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.html"},{"name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html"},{"name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html"},{"name":"31499","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20081219 CVE Request -- Xen (Upstream patch for CVE-2008-4405 is incomplete)","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1"},{"name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47668","name":"xen-xend-xenstore-dos(47668)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00845.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00847.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00846.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 Re: PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499","name":"31499","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/1","name":"[oss-security] 20081219 CVE Request -- Xen (Upstream patch for CVE-2008-4405 is incomplete)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-12/msg00842.html","name":"[xen-devel] 20081218 PATCH: Actually make /local/domain/$DOMID readonly to the guest","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T11:04:44.239Z"}}]}}}