SB2016021705 - Fedora 23 update for xen

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SB2016021705 - Fedora 23 update for xen

Published: February 17, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016021705
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2270)

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to a crash the entire system.

Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host reboot) via vectors related to multiple mappings of MMIO pages with different cachability settings.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2271)

The vulnerability allows local HVM guest users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References