CVE-2016-10024medium
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Description
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-01-26
Updated: 2017-11-04
Type: CWE-20
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 4
Exploitability Score: 1.5
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.8.0 (inclusive)
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140019 | OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2020-0039) (Bunker Buster) (Foreshadow) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout) (Meltdown) (POODLE) (Spectre) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 111992 | OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0248) (Bunker Buster) (Foreshadow) (Meltdown) (POODLE) (Spectre) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 103830 | OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0153) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 100071 | Debian DSA-3847-1 : xen - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 97828 | SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:0718-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 96958 | Xen Asynchronous Modification EFLAGS.IF Clearing DoS (XSA-202) | Nessus | Misc. | medium |
| 96778 | Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX219378) | Nessus | Misc. | low |
| 96522 | OracleVM 3.2 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0009) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
| 96520 | OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0007) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
| 96491 | Debian DLA-783-1 : xen security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 96253 | openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2017-5) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96252 | openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2017-4) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96250 | openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2017-2) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96231 | GLSA-201612-56 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | high |
| 96216 | Fedora 24 : xen (2016-bc02bff7f5) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 96158 | Fedora 25 : xen (2016-92e3ea2d1b) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 96087 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2016:3241-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96081 | SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2016:3221-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96076 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2016:3208-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96075 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2016:3207-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 96058 | FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts (3ae078ca-c7eb-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5) | Nessus | FreeBSD Local Security Checks | medium |