cve-2016-9379
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| cve@mitre.org | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| cve@mitre.org | http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 | ||
| cve@mitre.org | https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
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