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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3633-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5936 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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.874Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4962

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-07T14:06:15.217

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4962

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4962 - Bugzilla

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