Security Advisory

CVE-2016-4962

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-06-07 14:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 00:46:39
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.