high7.5
CVE-2015-8554
Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using the qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model, allows local x86 HVM guest administrat…
Impact
Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using the qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model, allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to gain privileges by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI-X capable physical PCI device and MSI-X table entries, related to a "write path."
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | through 4.6.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79579
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034481
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79579
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034481
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03