CVE-2016-9816 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.

Published: 2017-02-27

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10616	Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patch
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9816
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9816

History

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Subscriptions

Xen Xen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-27T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.593Z

Reserved: 2016-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9816

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-27T22:59:00.573

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9816

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9816 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284

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