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CVE-2016-10024

Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.

Published

2017-01-26T15:59:00.190

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	xen	xen	≤ 4.8.0	Yes
Application	citrix	xenserver	6.0.2	Yes
Application	citrix	xenserver	6.2.0	Yes
Application	citrix	xenserver	6.5	Yes
Application	citrix	xenserver	7.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 ([email protected])
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)