CVE-2016-1570

Debian Security Advisory 3519-1

Severity Score

8.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted page identifier (MFN) to the (1) MMUEXT_MARK_SUPER or (2) MMUEXT_UNMARK_SUPER sub-op in the HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op hypercall or (3) unknown vectors related to page table updates.

La funcionalidad superpage PV en arch/x86/mm.c en Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1 y 4.1.x hasta la versión 4.6.x permite a invitados PV locales obtener información sensible, provocar una denegación de servicio, obtener privilegios o tener otro impacto no especificado a través de un identificador de página manipulado (MFN) en el (1) MMUEXT_MARK_SUPER o (2) MMUEXT_UNMARK_SUPER sub-op en la hiperllamada HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op o (3) vectores desconocidos relacionados con actualizaciones de la tabla de página.

Multiple security issues have been found in the Xen virtualisation solution, which may result in denial of service or information disclosure.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-11 CVE Reserved
2016-01-22 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034744	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519	2018-10-30
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-167.html	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				3.4.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "3.4.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				3.4.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "3.4.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.4 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.4"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.5 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.5"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.6 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.6"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.6.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.6.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.4 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.4"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.5 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.5"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.3.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.3.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.3.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.3.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.3.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.3.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.3.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.3.4 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.3.4"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.0"		rc1		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.5.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.5.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.5.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.5.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.5.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.5.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.6.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.6.0"		-		Affected