CVE-2015-4164

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.

The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 9 years ago

2015-06-15 15:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Xen Xen 3.1.

3.1.3

Xen Xen 3.1.4

3.1.4

Xen Xen 3.2.0

3.2.0

Xen Xen 3.2.1

3.2.1

Xen Xen 3.2.2

3.2.2

Xen Xen 3.2.3

3.2.3

Xen 3.3.0

3.3.0

Xen 3.3.1

3.3.1

Xen 3.3.2

3.3.2

Xen 3.4.0

3.4.0

Xen 3.4.1

3.4.1

Xen 3.4.2

3.4.2

Xen 3.4.3

3.4.3

Xen 3.4.4

3.4.4

Xen 4.0.0

4.0.0

Xen 4.0.1

4.0.1

Xen 4.0.2

4.0.2

Xen 4.0.3

4.0.3

Xen 4.0.4

4.0.4

Xen 4.1.0

4.1.0

Xen 4.1.1

4.1.1

Xen 4.1.2

4.1.2

Xen 4.1.3

4.1.3

Xen 4.1.4

4.1.4

Xen 4.1.5

4.1.5

Xen 4.1.6.1

4.1.6.1

Xen 4.2.0

4.2.0

Xen 4.2.1

4.2.1

Xen 4.2.2

4.2.2

Xen 4.2.3

4.2.3

Xen Xen 4.3.0

4.3.0

Xen 4.3.1

4.3.1

Xen 4.3.4

4.3.4

Xen Xen 4.4.0

4.4.0

Xen 4.4.0 release candidate 1

4.4.0

Xen Xen 4.5.0

4.5.0

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