CVE-2016-9385

Publication date 23 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

The x86 segment base write emulation functionality in Xen 4.4.x through 4.7.x allows local x86 PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) by leveraging lack of canonical address checks.

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Status

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
Fixed 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.9
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-193

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H