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FreeBSD: VID-E722E3C6-BBEE-11E6-B1CF-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-1889): FreeBSD -- bhyve(8) virtual machine escape

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FreeBSD: VID-E722E3C6-BBEE-11E6-B1CF-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-1889): FreeBSD -- bhyve(8) virtual machine escape

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p43
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p26
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p13
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-11_0-release-p4

References

  • CVE-2016-1889

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