CVE-2015-4163

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4163
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-15 15:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref in Xen 4.2 through 4.5 does not check the grant table operation version, which allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a hypercall without a GNTTABOP_setup_table or GNTTABOP_set_version.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 4.3.4 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
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
Xen GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref() Missing Version Check Lets Local Guest Users Deny Service on the Host System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1045-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1157-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3286-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1042-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
XSA-134 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org Vendor Advisory
404 - Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
Xen CVE-2015-4163 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Citrix NetScaler Service Delivery Appliance Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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