CVE-2007-5907

kernel-xen 3.1.1 does not prevent modification of the CR4 TSC from applications (DoS possible)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Xen 3.1.1 does not prevent modification of the CR4 TSC from applications, which allows pv guests to cause a denial of service (crash).

El Xen 3.1.1 no previene la modificación del CR4 TSC para aplicaciones, lo que permite a invitados pv provocar una denegación de servicio (caída).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-11-09 CVE Reserved
2007-11-09 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-10/msg00932.html	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/28405	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27219	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10380	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html	2017-09-29
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5907	2008-11-04
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=377561	2008-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xensource Inc Search vendor "Xensource Inc"		Xen Search vendor "Xensource Inc" for product "Xen"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Xensource Inc" for product "Xen" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected