Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9384 - Information Exposure vulnerability in XEN 4.7.0/4.7.1

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
xen
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Xen
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_5555120DBA4D11E6AE1B002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionThe Xen Project reports : Along with their main kernel binary, unprivileged guests may arrange to have their Xen environment load (kernel) symbol tables for their use. The ELF image metadata created for this purpose has a few unused bytes when the symbol table binary is in 32-bit ELF format. These unused bytes were not properly cleared during symbol table loading. A malicious unprivileged guest may be able to obtain sensitive information from the host. The information leak is small and not under the control of the guest, so effectively exploiting this vulnerability is probably difficult.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id95508
    published2016-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95508
    titleFreeBSD : xen-kernel -- guest 32-bit ELF symbol table load leaking host data (5555120d-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(95508);
      script_version("3.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:45");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9384");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- guest 32-bit ELF symbol table load leaking host data (5555120d-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The Xen Project reports :
    
    Along with their main kernel binary, unprivileged guests may arrange
    to have their Xen environment load (kernel) symbol tables for their
    use. The ELF image metadata created for this purpose has a few unused
    bytes when the symbol table binary is in 32-bit ELF format. These
    unused bytes were not properly cleared during symbol table loading.
    
    A malicious unprivileged guest may be able to obtain sensitive
    information from the host.
    
    The information leak is small and not under the control of the guest,
    so effectively exploiting this vulnerability is probably difficult."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214936"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-194.html"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/5555120d-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?63141cfe"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xen-kernel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/11/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/05");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"xen-kernel>=4.7<4.7.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_note(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201612-56.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-56 (Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, could gain privileges on the host system, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id96231
    published2017-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96231
    titleGLSA-201612-56 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2016-3067-1.NASL
    descriptionxen was updated to version 4.7.1 to fix 17 security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-9637: ioport array overflow allowing a malicious guest administrator can escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1011652). - CVE-2016-9386: x86 null segments were not always treated as unusable allowing an unprivileged guest user program to elevate its privilege to that of the guest operating system. Exploit of this vulnerability is easy on Intel and more complicated on AMD (bsc#1009100). - CVE-2016-9382: x86 task switch to VM86 mode was mis-handled, allowing a unprivileged guest process to escalate its privilege to that of the guest operating system on AMD hardware. On Intel hardware a malicious unprivileged guest process can crash the guest (bsc#1009103). - CVE-2016-9385: x86 segment base write emulation lacked canonical address checks, allowing a malicious guest administrator to crash the host (bsc#1009104). - CVE-2016-9384: Guest 32-bit ELF symbol table load leaking host data to unprivileged guest users (bsc#1009105). - CVE-2016-9383: The x86 64-bit bit test instruction emulation was broken, allowing a guest to modify arbitrary memory leading to arbitray code execution (bsc#1009107). - CVE-2016-9377: x86 software interrupt injection was mis-handled, allowing an unprivileged guest user to crash the guest (bsc#1009108). - CVE-2016-9378: x86 software interrupt injection was mis-handled, allowing an unprivileged guest user to crash the guest (bsc#1009108) - CVE-2016-9381: Improper processing of shared rings allowing guest administrators take over the qemu process, elevating their privilege to that of the qemu process (bsc#1009109). - CVE-2016-9379: Delimiter injection vulnerabilities in pygrub allowed guest administrators to obtain the contents of sensitive host files or delete the files (bsc#1009111). - CVE-2016-9380: Delimiter injection vulnerabilities in pygrub allowed guest administrators to obtain the contents of sensitive host files or delete the files (bsc#1009111). - CVE-2016-7777: Xen did not properly honor CR0.TS and CR0.EM, which allowed local x86 HVM guest OS users to read or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information belonging to arbitrary tasks on the guest by modifying an instruction while the hypervisor is preparing to emulate it (bsc#1000106). - CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count (bsc#1007157). - CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value (bsc#1005004). - CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base (bsc#1005005). - CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1003030). - CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1003032). The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id95709
    published2016-12-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95709
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2016:3067-1)
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idXEN_SERVER_XSA-198.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists in the inject_swint() function in x86_emulate.c due to improper handling of the format of IDT lookups when emulating instructions which generate software interrupts. A guest attacker can exploit this to crash the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-9377) - A flaw exists in the svm_inject_trap() function in svm.c due to a failure to properly perform IDT privilege checks when emulating instructions which generate software interrupts. A guest attacker can exploit this to crash the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-9378) - A flaw exists in the sniff_netware() function in file tools/pygrub/src/pygrub due to improper handling of string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader when the S-expressions output format is requested. A guest attacker can exploit this to cause the bootloader configuration file to produce incorrect output, resulting in the disclosure or deletion of files from the host. (CVE-2016-9379) - A flaw exists in the sniff_netware() function in file tools/pygrub/src/pygrub due to improper handling of NULL bytes in the bootloader when the null-delimited output format is requested. A guest attacker can exploit this to cause configuration files to output ambiguous or confusing results, resulting in the disclosure or deletion of files from the host. (CVE-2016-9380) - A double-fetch flaw exists that is triggered when the compiler omits QEMU optimizations. A guest attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges on the host. (CVE-2016-9381) - A flaw exists in the hvm_task_switch() function in hvm.c due to improper handling of x86 task switching to VM86 mode. A guest attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or gain elevated privileges within the guest environment. (CVE-2016-9382) - A flaw exists in the x86_emulate() function in x86_emulate.c that allows a guest attacker to cause changes to memory and thereby gain elevated privileges on the host. (CVE-2016-9383) - A flaw exists that is triggered as unused bytes in image metadata are not properly cleared during symbol table loading. This may allow a guest attacker to disclose potentially sensitive information from the host. (CVE-2016-9384) - A flaw exists due to improper clearing of unused bytes in image metadata during symbol table loading. A guest attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive information from the host. (CVE-2016-9384) - A flaw exists in the x86 segment base write emulation due to a lack of canonical address checks. A guest attacker can exploit this issue to crash the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-9385) - A flaw exists in the x86 emulator due to improper validation of the usability of segments when performing memory accesses. A guest attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges within the guest environment. (CVE-2016-9386) Note that Nessus has checked the changeset versions based on the xen.git change log. Nessus did not check guest hardware configurations or if patches were applied manually to the source code before a recompile and reinstall.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id95630
    published2016-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95630
    titleXen Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSA-191 - XSA-198)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1477.NASL
    descriptionxen was updated to version 4.7.1 to fix 17 security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-9637: ioport array overflow allowing a malicious guest administrator can escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1011652). - CVE-2016-9386: x86 null segments were not always treated as unusable allowing an unprivileged guest user program to elevate its privilege to that of the guest operating system. Exploit of this vulnerability is easy on Intel and more complicated on AMD (bsc#1009100). - CVE-2016-9382: x86 task switch to VM86 mode was mis-handled, allowing a unprivileged guest process to escalate its privilege to that of the guest operating system on AMD hardware. On Intel hardware a malicious unprivileged guest process can crash the guest (bsc#1009103). - CVE-2016-9385: x86 segment base write emulation lacked canonical address checks, allowing a malicious guest administrator to crash the host (bsc#1009104). - CVE-2016-9384: Guest 32-bit ELF symbol table load leaking host data to unprivileged guest users (bsc#1009105). - CVE-2016-9383: The x86 64-bit bit test instruction emulation was broken, allowing a guest to modify arbitrary memory leading to arbitray code execution (bsc#1009107). - CVE-2016-9377: x86 software interrupt injection was mis-handled, allowing an unprivileged guest user to crash the guest (bsc#1009108). - CVE-2016-9378: x86 software interrupt injection was mis-handled, allowing an unprivileged guest user to crash the guest (bsc#1009108) - CVE-2016-9381: Improper processing of shared rings allowing guest administrators take over the qemu process, elevating their privilege to that of the qemu process (bsc#1009109). - CVE-2016-9379: Delimiter injection vulnerabilities in pygrub allowed guest administrators to obtain the contents of sensitive host files or delete the files (bsc#1009111). - CVE-2016-9380: Delimiter injection vulnerabilities in pygrub allowed guest administrators to obtain the contents of sensitive host files or delete the files (bsc#1009111). - CVE-2016-7777: Xen did not properly honor CR0.TS and CR0.EM, which allowed local x86 HVM guest OS users to read or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information belonging to arbitrary tasks on the guest by modifying an instruction while the hypervisor is preparing to emulate it (bsc#1000106). - CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count (bsc#1007157). - CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value (bsc#1005004). - CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base (bsc#1005005). - CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1003030). - CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1003032). These non-security issues were fixed : - bsc#1004981: Xen RPM didn
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-12-16
    plugin id95910
    published2016-12-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95910
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2016-1477)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-999E1A6927.NASL
    descriptionxen : various security flaws (#1397383) x86 null segments not always treated as unusable [XSA-191, CVE-2016-9386] x86 task switch to VM86 mode mis-handled [XSA-192, CVE-2016-9382] x86 segment base write emulation lacking canonical address checks [XSA-193, CVE-2016-9385] guest 32-bit ELF symbol table load leaking host data [XSA-194, CVE-2016-9384] x86 64-bit bit test instruction emulation broken [XSA-195, CVE-2016-9383] x86 software interrupt injection mis-handled [XSA-196, CVE-2016-9377, CVE-2016-9378] qemu incautious about shared ring processing [XSA-197, CVE-2016-9381] delimiter injection vulnerabilities in pygrub [XSA-198, CVE-2016-9379, CVE-2016-9380] Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-12-05
    plugin id95493
    published2016-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95493
    titleFedora 25 : xen (2016-999e1a6927)