Out-of-Bounds Affecting xen package, versions <4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-XEN-366642
  • published12 Aug 2015
  • disclosed12 Aug 2015

Introduced: 12 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 xen to version 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.

References

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