ghsa-x6jv-rqxv-vmxw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 02:37
Modified
2022-05-17 02:37
Details

The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9379"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-23T21:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.",
  "id": "GHSA-x6jv-rqxv-vmxw",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:37:03Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:37:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9379"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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