VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2016-9379
ALPINE-CVE-2016-9379
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.900000095367432 HIGH
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.17 | xen | 4.1.2-r5, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | xen | 4.0.1-r0, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xen | 4.0.1-r1, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xen | 0, 0, 4.0.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | xen | 4.2.1-r3, 0, 4.1.2-r9 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | xen | 0, 0, 4.0.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | xen | 4.2.2-r7, 0, 4.0.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | xen | 4.7.1-r0, 0, 4.0.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | xen | 4.6.0-r2, 0, 4.0.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | xen | 4.0.1-r1, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | xen | 4.3.2-r2, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | xen | 0, 4.1.1-r2, 4.0.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | xen | 0, 0, 4.0.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xen | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | xen | 4.5.1-r2, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | xen | 0, 4.7.0-r5, 4.7.0-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | xen | 0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | xen | 0, 4.7.1-r0, 4.7.0-r5 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | xen | 4.0.1-r0, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xen | 0, 0, 4.7.1-r0 |
Timeline
- Jan 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated