FKIE_CVE-2007-6416

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-17 23:46 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/41344
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28146
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28643
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26954
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/xen-unstable.hg?rev/e6069a715fd7Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9840
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen 3.1.2
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  "id": "CVE-2007-6416",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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