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CVE-2016-3157

Public on 2016-03-16
Modified on 2016-12-23
Description

A flaw in the Linux kernel was found in the way IOPL was handled during context switches in 64-bit Xen PV guests. A local guest user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges in the guest.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-03-16 16:30 ALAS-2016-669

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H