Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.7.0-r1
Threat Intelligence
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- published21 Jul 2020
- disclosed21 Sept 2016
Introduced: 21 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-7093 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.16 xen to version 4.7.0-r1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92865
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-186.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa186-0001-x86-emulate-Correct-boundary-interactions-of-emulate.patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036752