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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 (re

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.00089
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Affected Products & Versions

2
oracle vm serverall versions
xenall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.7
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD07 Jun 2016 · 02:06 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2533-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2100-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2093-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.htmlVendor Advisory
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