CVE-2016-9384

Publication date 22 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	17.04 zesty	Fixed 4.8.0-1ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 4.7.0-0ubuntu2.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-194

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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