CVE-2009-3525

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-08-25
Bugzilla:
525740: CVE-2009-3525 Xen: PyGrub missing support for password configuration command

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The pyGrub boot loader in Xen 3.0.3, 3.3.0, and Xen-3.3.1 does not support the password option in grub.conf for para-virtualized guests, which allows attackers with access to the para-virtualized guest console to boot the guest or modify the guest's kernel boot parameters without providing the expected password.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3525 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization 5 (xen) RHSA-2009:1472 2009-10-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xen) RHSA-2009:1472 2009-10-01

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