CVE - CVE-2016-9379

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9379	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.
References
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BID:94473 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch CONFIRM:https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 GENTOO:GLSA-201612-56 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 SECTRACK:1037347 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161117	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161117)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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