CVE-2015-2151
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignore segment overrides for instructions with register operands, which allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.4.1-8 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.4.1-8 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.4.1-8 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.4.1-8 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.4.1-8 |
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3181
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73015
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031903
- http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-423503.htm
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-123.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2151
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.