CVE-2015-8551

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-13 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-26 13:53:00 UTC
DescriptionThe PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen MSI Call Processing Bugs Let Local Users on the Guest System Deny Service on the Target Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
XSA-157 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3434-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-03) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Xen Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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