4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2016-6259

Published: 02/08/2016 Updated: 04/08/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.2 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.5
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Xen 4.5.x up to and including 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.

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citrix xenserver 6.0.2

citrix xenserver 6.0

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Vendor Advisories

Description of Problem A number of security vulnerabilities have been identified in Citrix XenServer that may allow a malicious administrator of a PV guest VM to compromise or crash the host These vulnerabilities affect all currently supported versions of Citrix XenServer up to and including Citrix XenServer 70 The following vulnerabilities have ...