github - ghsa-42rm-gcmp-3557

ghsa-42rm-gcmp-3557

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 03:41

Modified

2022-05-17 03:41

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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cve-2016-4962

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-06-07 14:00

Modified

2024-08-06 00:46

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
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	http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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n/a

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