CVE-2016-3960 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8