CVE-2015-2151

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-03-10

Description

The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignoresegment 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.

See more information about CVE-2015-2151 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-0450	2016-03-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-0450-1	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-409.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2016-0450-1	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-409.el5)	ELSA-2016-0450	2016-03-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-409.0.0.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2016-0450-1	2016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-409.el5)	ELSA-2016-0450	2016-03-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2015-0031	2015-03-10

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