CVE-2007-3919

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3919
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-28 17:08:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Description(1) xenbaked and (2) xenmon.py in Xen 3.1 and earlier allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/xenq-shm.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Application Xensource Inc Xen 3.0.3_0_1 All All All
Application Xensource Inc Xen 3.0.3_0_3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Xen 'xenmon.py' and 'xenbaked' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: xen-3.0.3-13.fc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Xen Insecure Temporary File Lets Local Users Truncate Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1395-1 xen-utils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: xen-3.1.0-8.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mandriva update for xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Xen "xenbaked" Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:203 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
#447795 - xen-utils-3.0.3-1: [CVE-2007-3919] xenmon.py / xenbaked insecure file accesss - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
osvdb.org/41343 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
osvdb.org/41342 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian update for xen-utils - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-11-01Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3919 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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