Description
Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.
Published: 2015-03-18
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2262 Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:14.268Z

Reserved: 2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2152

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-18T16:59:02.483

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2152

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-03-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2152 - Bugzilla

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