FKIE_CVE-2016-3960

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-19 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:46
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen -
fedoraproject fedora 22
fedoraproject fedora 23
fedoraproject fedora 24
oracle vm_server 3.2
oracle vm_server 3.3
oracle vm_server 3.4
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