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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7093: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7093: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x allow local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen-tools

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