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CVE-2015-4164 (GCVE-0-2015-4164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
Summary
The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75149 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3286 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032569 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201145 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-136.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2015-06-11 00:00
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      "id": "CVE-2015-4164",
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      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "xen: iret hypercall handler vulnerability (xsa-136)",
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      "version": "3"
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      "cve": "CVE-2015-4164",
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:18:14Z",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "32",
      "product_status:recommended": "109",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2015-4164",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-4164.json",
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}



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