CVE-2016-4963 - Improper Access Control

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

The libxl device-handling in Xen through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (management tool confusion) by manipulating information in the backend directories in xenstore.

The libxl device-handling in Xen through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (management tool confusion) by manipulating information in the backend directories in xenstore.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-07 14:06:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-09-07 10:29:00

Affected Software

Xen 4.0.0

4.0.0

Xen 4.0.1

4.0.1

Xen 4.0.2

4.0.2

Xen 4.0.3

4.0.3

Xen 4.0.4

4.0.4

Xen 4.1.0

4.1.0

Xen 4.1.1

4.1.1

Xen 4.1.2

4.1.2

Xen 4.1.3

4.1.3

Xen 4.1.4

4.1.4

Xen 4.1.5

4.1.5

Xen Xen 4.1.6

4.1.6

Xen 4.1.6.1

4.1.6.1

Xen 4.2.0

4.2.0

Xen 4.2.1

4.2.1

Xen 4.2.2

4.2.2

Xen 4.2.3

4.2.3

Xen Xen 4.2.4

4.2.4

Xen Xen 4.2.5

4.2.5

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

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