USN-527-1: xen-3.0 vulnerability
Publication date
5 October 2007
Overview
xen-3.0 vulnerability
Releases
Packages
- xen-3.0 -
Details
Joris van Rantwijk discovered that the Xen host did not correctly validate
the contents of a Xen guests's grug.conf file. Xen guest root users could
exploit this to run arbitrary commands on the host when the guest system
was rebooted.
Joris van Rantwijk discovered that the Xen host did not correctly validate
the contents of a Xen guests's grug.conf file. Xen guest root users could
exploit this to run arbitrary commands on the host when the guest system
was rebooted.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.04 feisty | xen-utils-3.0 – 3.0.3-0ubuntu10.1 | ||
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