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Debian: CVE-2016-7094: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-7094: xen -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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