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.
Published: 2017-01-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-720-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3729-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10190 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:37.415Z

Reserved: 2016-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9380

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.753

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-9380

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9380 - Bugzilla

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