CVE-2016-2271
Published: 19 February 2016
VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
xen Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needed
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(4.6.0-1ubuntu4)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5])
|
|
| Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community. | ||
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary |