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CVE-2016-6258

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Date: August 2, 2016

The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (14)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92131

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6258

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6258

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6258

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

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-unstable.patch

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.5.patch

Url: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954

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

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036446

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.6.patch

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6258

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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