CVE-2016-9818

Publication date 27 February 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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 HYP.

Read the notes from the security team

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

ratliff

according to the XSA this affects ARM only

mdeslaur

This is XSA-201

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 None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H