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Debian: CVE-2016-9637: qemu, xen -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9637: qemu, xen -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/20/2019
Modified
06/19/2020

Description

The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu
  • debian-upgrade-xen

References

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