Upstream information

CVE-2009-3525 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 542525 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2010:012, published Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000
    • openSUSE-SU-2010:0293-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • libcmpiutil >= 0.5-15.16.1
  • libvirt >= 0.4.6-14.60.16
  • libvirt-cim >= 0.5.2-8.47.85
  • libvirt-doc >= 0.4.6-14.60.16
  • libvirt-python >= 0.4.6-14.60.16
  • virt-manager >= 0.5.3-66.42.13
  • virt-viewer >= 0.0.3-3.57.13
  • vm-install >= 0.3.27-0.1.15
  • xen >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
  • xen-doc-html >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
  • xen-kmp-default >= 3.3.1_18546_24_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.3.7
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 3.3.1_18546_24_2.6.27.45_0.3-0.3.7
  • xen-libs >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
  • xen-tools >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
  • xen-tools-domU >= 3.3.1_18546_24-0.3.7
 Patchnames:
slessp0-xen-201004

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 virt-manager Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 virt-manager Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 xen Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:06:29 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:11:08 2024