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Debian: CVE-2016-9381: xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9381: xen -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/24/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Race condition in QEMU in Xen allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain privileges by changing certain data on shared rings, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xen

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