National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4993

Overview

pygrub (tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py) in Xen 3.0.3, when booting a guest domain, allows local users with elevated privileges in the guest domain to execute arbitrary commands in domain 0 via a crafted grub.conf file whose contents are used in exec statements.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-713

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-2270

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2007-2708

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00004.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3348

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3348

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-527

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-527

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1

External Source: BID

Name: 25825

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25825

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071008 rPSA-2007-0210-1 xen

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/481825/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0323

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:203

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1384

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27486

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27486

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27161

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27161

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27141

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27141

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27103

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27103

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27085

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27085

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27072

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27072

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27047

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27047

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26986

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26986

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1068

Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1068

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240