ubuntu-cve-2016-9384
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-02-22 16:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details

Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.6",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxen-4.6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxen-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxenstore3.0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-amd64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-arm64",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-system-armhf",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.6",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-4.6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xen-utils-common",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xenstore-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "xen",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.5.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4.5.1-0ubuntu2",
        "4.6.0-1ubuntu1",
        "4.6.0-1ubuntu2",
        "4.6.0-1ubuntu4",
        "4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9384",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:33Z",
  "published": "2017-02-22T16:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9384"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-194.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9384"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-9384"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:40Z"
}



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