The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges via vectors involving "unexpected" base/limit values.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94471 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037340 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-191.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-2016-9386
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.957
Modified: 2017-07-01T01:30:13.110
Link: CVE-2016-9386
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE