Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32223

Information disclosure in Xen - CVE-2016-9384

Published: February 22, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32223

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9384

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.

Xen
xen (Alpine package)
xen
Fedora

Install update from vendor's website.

xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.7.1-r1
xen - addressed in versions 4.5.5-4.fc23, 4.6.4-2.fc24, 4.7.1-3.fc25