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FreeBSD: xen-tools -- Unsanitised driver domain input in libxl device handling (CVE-2016-4963)

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FreeBSD: xen-tools -- Unsanitised driver domain input in libxl device handling (CVE-2016-4963)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/20/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-tools

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