CVE-2016-4963 (GCVE-0-2016-4963)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-07 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The libxl device-handling in Xen through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (management tool confusion) by manipulating information in the backend directories in xenstore.
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