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CVE-2016-9380
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
Name
CVE-2016-9380
Source
NVD (
link
)
Debian (
link
)
Description
The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when nul-delimited output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via NUL bytes in the bootloader configuration file.
CWEs
CWE-20
Published Date
Jan 23, 2017
Updated Date
Jun 17, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473
VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347
VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html
Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch
Patch
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473
VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347
VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html
Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch
Patch
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775
Patch
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
xen
Exploitable
Vulnerability Ratings
#
7.5
other
4.6
CVSSv2
Others affected component
#
Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
xen
buildroot
master
4.19.5
Exploitable