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CVE-2016-9816

Date: February 27, 2017

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (10)

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9816

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9816

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patch

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9816

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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