CVE-2016-6258 (GCVE-0-2016-6258)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-02 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.6.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-unstable.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.5.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036446 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92131 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2016-07-26 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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