vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-e2fca11b-4212-11e6-942d-bc5ff45d0f28 (CVE-2016-4962): xen-tools -- Unsanitised guest input in libxl device handling code
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 4, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 4, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
The Xen Project reports: Various parts of libxl device-handling code inappropriately use information from (partially) guest controlled areas of xenstore. A malicious guest administrator can cause denial of service by resource exhaustion. A malicious guest administrator can confuse and/or deny service to management facilities. A malicious guest administrator of a guest configured with channel devices may be able to escalate their privilege to that of the backend domain (i.e., normally, to that of the host).
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-tools
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