CVE-2015-8550

8.2 HIGH

Published: April 14, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-155.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html