CVE-2016-4962

Severity

68%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

165%

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-07 14:06:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 20:22:00

Affected Software

Xen Xen 4.3.0

4.3.0

Xen 4.3.1

4.3.1

Xen Xen 4.3.2

4.3.2

Xen Xen 4.3.3

4.3.3

Xen 4.3.4

4.3.4

Xen Xen 4.4.0

4.4.0

Xen 4.4.0 release candidate 1

4.4.0

Xen Xen 4.4.1

4.4.1

Xen Xen 4.4.2

4.4.2

Xen Xen 4.4.3

4.4.3

Xen 4.4.4

4.4.4

Xen Xen 4.5.0

4.5.0

Xen Xen 4.5.1

4.5.1

Xen Xen 4.5.2

4.5.2

Xen 4.5.3

4.5.3

Xen Xen 4.6.0

4.6.0

Xen Xen 4.6.1

4.6.1

References

DSA-3633

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Vendor Advisory

91006

1036023

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.html

Vendor Advisory

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