Description
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.
Published: 2016-06-07
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

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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