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CVE-2016-10024 (GCVE-0-2016-10024)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-26 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-12-21 00:00
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