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CVE-2009-3525

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2009-10-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Xen Xen

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References