CVE-2015-3259
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through 4.5.x allows local guest administrators to gain privileges via a long configuration argument.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3259
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-137.html
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.6.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.6.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.6.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.6.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.6.0-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00042.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75573
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032973
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-137.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3259
CWEs
CWE-264
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.