CVE-2007-6416
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-12-17 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 16:02
Severity ?
Summary
The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/41344
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28146
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28643
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26954
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/xen-unstable.hg?rev/e6069a715fd7Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9840
Impacted products
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