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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-4164 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00029.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00030.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00014.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html CVE, MITRE
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201145 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3286 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75149 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032569 CVE, MITRE
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-136.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-4164
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE