CVE-2015-1563

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1563
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-09 11:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ARM GIC distributor virtualization in Xen 4.4.x and 4.5.x allows local guests to cause a denial of service by causing a large number messages to be logged.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.5 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.4.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.4.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 118 - arm: vgic: incorrect rate limiting of guest triggered logging af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Xen ARM GIC Logging Rate Limit Error Lets Local Users on a Guest System Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xen-4.4.1-16.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Xen 'arch/arm/vgic.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
XSA-118 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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