Information Exposure Affecting xen package, versions <4.8.0~rc3-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published13 Apr 2016
- disclosed13 Apr 2016
Introduced: 13 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8555 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 xen to version 4.8.0~rc3-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
Xen 4.6.x, 4.5.x, 4.4.x, 4.3.x, and earlier do not initialize x86 FPU stack and XMM registers when XSAVE/XRSTOR are not used to manage guest extended register state, which allows local guest domains to obtain sensitive information from other domains via unspecified vectors.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8555
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-165.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79543
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034477
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8555