ALPINE-CVE-2016-9379

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CVE-2016-9379
Published: 23 Jan 2017, 21:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
7.9 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jan 2017, 21:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1 | < 4.7.1-r1

References (1)