ghsa-prj4-495w-f4qv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:50
Modified
2022-05-17 03:50
Details

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6259"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-08-02T16:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.",
  "id": "GHSA-prj4-495w-f4qv",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T03:50:34Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:50:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6259"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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