CVE-2016-1570

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-01-20

Description


The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1,and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted page identifier (MFN) to the (1) MMUEXT_MARK_SUPER or (2) MMUEXT_UNMARK_SUPER sub-op in the HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op hypercall or (3) unknown vectors related to page table updates.

See more information about CVE-2016-1570 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 6 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Requires single instance Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)OVMSA-2016-00082016-01-25
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)OVMSA-2016-00072016-01-25



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