CVE-2016-9378 - Improper Access Control

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 8 years ago

2017-02-22 16:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-28 01:29:00

Affected Software

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 4.5.5

4.5.5

Xen Xen 4.6.0

4.6.0

Xen Xen 4.6.1

4.6.1

Xen 4.6.3

4.6.3

Xen 4.6.4

4.6.4

Xen 4.7.0

4.7.0

Xen 4.7.1

4.7.1

References

94475

1037345

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201612-56

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