CVE-2008-1945 Affecting xen-devel package, versions <0:3.0.3-64.el5_2.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-XENDEVEL-9879509
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed7 Aug 2008

Introduced: 7 Aug 2008

CVE-2008-1945  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 xen-devel to version 0:3.0.3-64.el5_2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0892.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen-devel package and not the xen-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1