CVE-2009-3525
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 5, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 1, 2009
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9466vdb-entrysignature
- [oss-security] 20090925 CVE Request -- Xen -- PyGrubmailing-list
- 36908third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525740#c0
- RHSA-2009:1472vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:012vendor-advisory
- 36523vdb-entry
- 1022950vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525740
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/8f783adc0ee3
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