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.
Published: 2009-10-05
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3507 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:10.518Z

Reserved: 2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3525

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-05T19:30:00.280

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3525

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3525 - Bugzilla

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