CVE-2016-9637
lowpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-devel-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-devel-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-devel-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-devel-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-devel-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-libs-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-libs-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-libs-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-libs-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963 - Fixedxen-libs-0:3.0.3-148.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2963
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.7–7.6
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (34)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2016:2963Red Hat Security Advisory: xen security update2016-12-20csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for xen is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94699cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037397cnnvd
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-199.htmlcnnvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219136cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2963.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94699enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037397enisa_euvd
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-199.htmlenisa_euvd
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