fkie_cve-2016-9383
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-01-23 21:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen *
citrix xenserver 6.0.2
citrix xenserver 6.2.0
citrix xenserver 6.5
citrix xenserver 7.0


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