CVE-2016-2270

Description

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory oracle.com Vendor Advisory xen.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-154.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035042 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2270?
CVE-2016-2270 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2270?
To fix CVE-2016-2270, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2270 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-2270 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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