SB2016090901 - Denial of service in Oracle VM Server for x86 



SB2016090901 - Denial of service in Oracle VM Server for x86

Published: September 9, 2016 Updated: January 9, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2016090901
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7154)

The vulnerability allows local administrative user to gain elevated privileges and cause denial of service on the host system.

The vulnerability exists due to supplying of specially crafted frame number to the EVTCHNOP_init_control() function and allows attacker to cause use-after-free and denil of service.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a lcal user to get privileges on the host system and trigger a target service deny.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.