PT-2008-5049
CVE-2008-3687
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Published
2008-08-14
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Updated
2017-08-08
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Xen version 3.3
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the flask security label function in Xen, when compiled with the XSM:FLASK module. This allows unprivileged domain users (domU) to execute arbitrary code via the flask op hypercall.
Recommendations
For Xen version 3.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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