Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.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-2016-9383
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.860
Modified: 2017-07-01T01:30:12.953
Link: CVE-2016-9383
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE