CVE-2016-4962

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.

References

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3