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CVE-2016-4962

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.

Published

2016-06-07T14:06:15.217

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.1

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System oracle vm_server 3.3 Yes
Operating System oracle vm_server 3.4 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.3.0 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.3.1 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.3.2 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.3.3 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.3.4 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.0 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.0 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.1 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.2 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.3 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.4.4 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.5.0 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.5.1 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.5.2 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.5.3 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.6.0 Yes
Operating System xen xen 4.6.1 Yes
References