CVE-2016-2271 — XEN vulnerability

7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedFeb 19
Latest updateMay 17

Description

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.8.0~rc3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1+3
▶NVDxen/xen4.6.0, 4.6.1+1

Patches

Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wqc2-67r3-gjj5: VMX in Xen 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-2271: VMX in Xen 4↗2016-02-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xen: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP (XSA-170)↗2016-02-17
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Debian
CVE-2016-2271: xen - VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2271 xsa170 xen: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP (XSA-170) [fedora-all]↗2016-02-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2271 xsa170 xen: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP (XSA-170)↗2016-02-04
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