Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.0~rc3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-XEN-367293
  • published19 Apr 2016
  • disclosed19 Apr 2016

Introduced: 19 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-3960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 xen to version 4.8.0~rc3-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.