Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-4962
CVE-2016-4962
Description
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.
Affected products
19cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-175.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006nvd
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