Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-4962CVE-2016-4962
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
14.5%
The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest
administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or
management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating
information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | we will not be fixing this issue in precise |
Related
6.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
14.5%