Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94470 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037341 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-192.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 | |
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00
Updated: 2017-06-30T16:57:01
Reserved: 2016-11-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-9382
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.830
Modified: 2017-07-01T01:30:12.890
Link: CVE-2016-9382
JSON object: View
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CWE