ID CVE-2015-7970
Summary The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.9 (as of 01-07-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-399
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
refmap via4
bid 77362
confirm
debian DSA-3414
fedora
  • FEDORA-2015-242be2c240
  • FEDORA-2015-6f6b79efe2
  • FEDORA-2015-a931b02be2
gentoo GLSA-201604-03
sectrack 1034034
suse openSUSE-SU-2015:2250
Last major update 01-07-2017 - 01:29
Published 30-10-2015 - 15:59
Last modified 01-07-2017 - 01:29
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