CVE-2016-6258

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6258
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-02T16:59:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-01T01:29:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036446 Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.6.patch Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-unstable.patch Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92131 Third Party Advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954 Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.5.patch Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Release Notes
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6258
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6258
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:40:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:40:44 2016-08-02T16:59Z 2016-08-02T16:59:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:40:44 2017-07-01T01:29:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:40:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated