The libxenlight (libxl) toolstack library in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x uses weak permissions for xenstore keys for paravirtualised and…

Description

The libxenlight (libxl) toolstack library in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x uses weak permissions for xenstore keys for paravirtualised and emulated serial console devices, which allows local guest administrators to modify the xenstore value via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• 55082 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130626 Xen Security Advisory 57 (CVE-2013-2211) - libxl allows guest write access to sensitive console related xenstore keys (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• GLSA-201309-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130625 Re: Xen Security Advisory 57 - libxl allows guest write access to sensitive console related xenstore keys (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-3006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:27 UTC.