Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-5498 First vendor Publication 2008-05-07
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5498

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9452
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9452
Title: The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
Description: The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5498
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-source-2.6.15/22 vulnerabilities USN-679-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_679_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0233-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0233-01_kernel.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44990 Linux Kernel on 64-bit Xen Hypervisor Block Crafted Request Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080507_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-679-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29082
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=369531
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42274

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