CVE-2015-2152

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068 -
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 -

Information

Published : 2015-03-18 16:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:26


NVD link : CVE-2015-2152

Mitre link : CVE-2015-2152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2152


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-264

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