Improper access control in Xen - CVE-2016-9815

 

Improper access control in Xen - CVE-2016-9815

Published: February 28, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32190
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9815
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host panic) by sending an asynchronous abort.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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