CVE-2015-2152

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2152
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-18 16:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionXen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Xen Multiple Flaws Let Local Guest Users Deny Service or Obtain Information From Other Guest Systems - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
XSA-119 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xen-4.4.1-16.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: xen-4.3.3-12.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Xen HVM qemu Flaw Lets Local Users Access VGA Backend on the Target Guest System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: xen-4.5.0-6.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0732-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Xen CVE-2015-2152 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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