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CVE-2015-5166 (GCVE-0-2015-5166)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76152 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033175 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-08-03 00:00
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