Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions <4.5.0-1ubuntu3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-XEN-367074
  • published18 Mar 2015
  • disclosed18 Mar 2015

Introduced: 18 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2152  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:15.04 xen to version 4.5.0-1ubuntu3 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:15.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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