CVE-2016-9588MEDIUM
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Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9 mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest.
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94933
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-12-28
Updated: 2018-11-28
Type: CWE-388
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.9 (inclusive)
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124983 | EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1530) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 124819 | EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1496) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 118973 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3822-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 102734 | CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 102645 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102511 | Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102281 | Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102151 | RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2077) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 102143 | RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 100320 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 100150 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99848 | EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1001) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99163 | OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99162 | OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0056) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 99160 | Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3534) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 99159 | Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3533) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 97640 | Debian DLA-849-1 : linux security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 97615 | Debian DSA-3804-1 : linux - security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | high |
| 97324 | Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3209-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 97323 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3208-2) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 97322 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3208-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 96115 | Fedora 25 : kernel (2016-dd895763ac) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 96107 | Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-2b1f91e9bd) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |