CVE-2016-6258
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-07-26 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allowslocal 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.0 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen) | OVMSA-2016-0090 | 2016-07-27 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen) | OVMSA-2016-0089 | 2016-07-27 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (xen) | OVMSA-2016-0088 | 2016-07-27 |
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