Access Restriction Bypass Affecting xen package, versions [,4.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383745
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Aug 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xen to version 4.5.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.

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