SB2015031201 - Information disclosure in Xen
Published: March 12, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015031201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2044)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The emulation routines for unspecified X86 devices in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly initialize data, which allow local HVM guest users to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving an unsupported access size.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200484
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72954
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031836
- http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-423503.htm
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-121.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04