Vulnerability in Xen

CVE-2009-3525

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.

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xen — versions 3.0.3, 3.3.0, 3.3.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References