Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2016-3159

Disclosure Date: April 13, 2016
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Description

The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
3.8 Low
Impact Score:
1.4
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • debian,
  • fedoraproject,
  • oracle,
  • xen

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • fedora 22,
  • fedora 23,
  • vm server 3.3,
  • vm server 3.4,
  • xen
Technical Analysis