Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
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Configurations
History
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519 - | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-155.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 - |
Information
Published : 2016-04-14 14:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:38
NVD link : CVE-2015-8550
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8550
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8550
JSON object : View
Products Affected
novell
- suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
xen
- xen
CWE
CWE-284
Improper Access Control