Description
Buffer overflow in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 4.1/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92864Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036753Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-187.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa187-0001-x86-shadow-Avoid-overflowing-sh_ctxt-seg_reg.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92864Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036753Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-187.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa187-0001-x86-shadow-Avoid-overflowing-sh_ctxt-seg_reg.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 21, 2016
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified