Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen-devel package, versions <0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.96% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-XENDEVEL-9883286
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed14 Mar 2007

Introduced: 14 Mar 2007

CVE-2007-0998  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 xen-devel to version 0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2007:0114.

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.

The 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1