vulnerability
FreeBSD: xen-kernel -- x86 shadow pagetables: address width overflow (CVE-2016-3960)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 19, 2016 | Jul 20, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 19, 2016
Added
Jul 20, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
Description
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-kernel
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