CVE-2007-0998

Summary

CVECVE-2007-0998
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-20 10:19:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264 | NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop_multiple_os All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All virtualization All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop_multiple_os All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All virtualization All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_5.0 All All All
Application Xen Qemu All All All All
Application Xen Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
34304 OSVDB osvdb.org
Fedora Xen VNC Server Host File Disclosure Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: xen-3.0.3-5.fc5 | FedoraNEWS.ORG FEDORA fedoranews.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Patch
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1572-1: important: XEN: security an SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Security Advisory SA51413 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: xen-3.0.3-8.fc6 | FedoraNEWS.ORG FEDORA fedoranews.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1573-1: important: XEN: security an SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Xen QEMU VNC Server Arbitrary Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Xen QEMU Monitor Mode Lets Local Users Read Arbitrary Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0446-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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