Name | CVE-2016-9637 |
Description | The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-1270-1 |
NVD severity | low |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
qemu (PTS) | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9 | fixed |
stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14 | fixed | |
buster, buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed | |
bullseye, sid | 1:5.2+dfsg-9 | fixed | |
xen (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed |
buster | 4.11.4+57-g41a822c392-2 | fixed | |
buster (security) | 4.11.4+99-g8bce4698f6-1 | fixed | |
bullseye, sid | 4.14.1+11-gb0b734a8b3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
qemu | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
xen | source | wheezy | 4.1.6.lts1-12 | DLA-1270-1 | ||
xen | source | (unstable) | 4.4.0-1 |
- qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerability specific to Xen)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerability specific to Xen)
Xen switched to qemu-system in 4.4.0-1
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-199.html