RHSA-2007:0114High

Red Hat Security Advisory: xen security update

Published
March 14, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2007-0998 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-0998 — HVM guest VNC server allows compromise of entire host OS by any VNC console user

🎯 Affected products33

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-libs-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xen-libs-0:3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (4)