Linux Foundation Xen 3.1.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Foundation Xen 3.1.1. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-5906. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Foundation Xen 3.1.1 (Virtualization Software). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Xen 3.1.1 allows virtual guest system users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by using a debug register (DR7) to set certain breakpoints.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2007. The weakness was released 11/09/2007 by Jan Beulich (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.xensource.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5906 since 11/09/2007. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29792 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : xen (xen-4854)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165712 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:002)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38881), Tenable (29792), SecurityFocus (BID 27219†), OSVDB (41347†) and Secunia (SA28405†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3410, VDB-3547, VDB-37647 and VDB-39622. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 29792
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : xen (xen-4854)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/16/2015 +2622 days 🔍
08/02/2019 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linuxfoundation.org

Advisory: lists.xensource.com
Researcher: Jan Beulich
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5906 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5906
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39621
X-Force: 38881
SecurityFocus: 27219 - Xen DR7 and CR4 Registers Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28405
OSVDB: 41347 - CVE-2007-5906 - Xen - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17223 - Xen Vulnerability Allows Virtual Guest Users to Cause DoS via Debug Register (DR7), Medium

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/02/2019 10:51
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (71), 08/02/2019 10:51 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:D59:103

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