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xen xenmon.py / xenbaked insecure temporary file accesss

Published Oct 28, 2007

Description

(1) xenbaked and (2) xenmon.py in Xen 3.1 and earlier allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/xenq-shm.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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Weaknesses (2)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 28, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 20, 2007
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Oct 23, 2007