CVE-2007-5907

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5907
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-09 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionXen 3.1.1 does not prevent modification of the CR4 TSC from applications, which allows pv guests to cause a denial of service (crash).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xensource Inc Xen 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Xen DR7 and CR4 Registers Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Xen DR7 and CR4 Register Handling Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: allow pv guests to disable TSC for appl - Xen Source af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.xensource.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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