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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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-479-1 | xen security update |
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DSA-3434-1 | linux security update |
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DSA-3471-1 | qemu security update |
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DSA-3519-1 | xen security update |
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USN-2846-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2847-1 | Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2848-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2849-1 | Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2850-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2851-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-2853-1 | Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2854-1 | Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2886-2 | Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities |
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USN-2891-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.458Z
Reserved: 2015-12-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-8550

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-04-14T14:59:04.347
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-8550


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