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SUSE: CVE-2016-7154: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7154: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/12/2016
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2507-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2533-1
  • DSA-3663
  • 92863
  • 1036754
  • CVE-2016-7154

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