CVE-2016-4962

MEDIUM

Oracle VM Server - Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation via libxl Device-Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (18)
oracle/vm_server 3.3
oracle/vm_server 3.4
xen/xen 4.3.0
xen/xen 4.3.1
xen/xen 4.3.2
xen/xen 4.3.3
xen/xen 4.3.4
xen/xen 4.4.0 (2 CPE variants)
xen/xen 4.4.1
xen/xen 4.4.2
... and 8 more
Published Jun 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026