CVE-2015-2151
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3181Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73015
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031903Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-423503.htm
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-123.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3181Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73015
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031903Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-423503.htm
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-123.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.