cve-2016-4963
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-07 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:46
Severity ?
Summary
The libxl device-handling in Xen through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (management tool confusion) by manipulating information in the backend directories in xenstore.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036024
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-178.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036024
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-178.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00006.html
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