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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-5907

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).
Publish Date : 2007-11-09 Last Update Date : 2017-09-28
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.7
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 264

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat important 2007-11-09 2007-10-29
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
CVE-2007-5907 oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20075907 unix
ELSA-2008:0957: kernel security and bug fix update (Important) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21746 unix
RHSA-2008:0957 -- kernel security and bug fix update (Important) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29265 unix
RHSA-2008:0957: kernel security and bug fix update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080957 unix
Xen 3.1.1 does not prevent modification of the CR4 TSC from applications, which allows pv guests to cause a denial of se... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10380 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2007-5907

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Xensource Inc XEN 3.1.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Xensource Inc XEN 1

- References For CVE-2007-5907

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27219
BID 27219 Xen DR7 and CR4 Registers Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Release Date:2008-11-05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
SUSE SUSE-SR:2008:001
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-10/msg00932.html
MLIST [Xen-devel] 20071029 [PATCH] x86: allow pv guests to disable TSC for applications
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
REDHAT RHSA-2008:0957
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
SUSE SUSE-SR:2008:002

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2007-5907

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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