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CVE-2015-2152 Detail

Description

Xen 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/18/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.9 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Change History

8 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2152
NVD Published Date:
03/18/2015
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018