CVE - CVE-2016-3159

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-3159	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:85716 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85716 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-172.html CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa172.patch DEBIAN:DSA-3554 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554 FEDORA:FEDORA-2016-5f196e4e4a URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181699.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2016-e5432ca977 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181729.html SECTRACK:1035435 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035435
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160315	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 (20160315)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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