CVE-2015-2151

CVE Details

Release Date:2015-03-10
Impact:Important What is this?

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.

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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 6.5
Vector String: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: Single
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2016-04502016-03-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2016-0450-12016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-409.0.0.0.1.el5)ELSA-2016-0450-12016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-409.el5)ELSA-2016-04502016-03-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-409.0.0.0.1.el5)ELSA-2016-0450-12016-03-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-409.el5)ELSA-2016-04502016-03-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)OVMSA-2015-00312015-03-10


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