PT-2015-5352 · Xen · Xen

Julien Grall · Published 2015-02-09 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2015-1563

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 4.4.x through 4.5.x

Description The issue allows local guests to cause a denial of service by generating a large number of log messages, specifically affecting the ARM GIC distributor virtualization.

Recommendations For Xen versions 4.4.x through 4.5.x, consider restricting access to the logging mechanism to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1563

MGASA-2016-0098

Affected Products

Xen

References · 64

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1563 · Security Note
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-118.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0098.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1563 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1563 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-147.html · Note
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-148.html · Note
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-129.html · Note
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html · Note