vulnerability
FreeBSD: xen-tools -- Unsanitised driver domain input in libxl device handling (CVE-2016-4963)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 7, 2016 | Jul 20, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 7, 2016
Added
Jul 20, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
Description
The libxl device-handling in Xen through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (management tool confusion) by manipulating information in the backend directories in xenstore.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-tools
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