vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4962): xen vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 7, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-xen
Title
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