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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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-479-1 | xen security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3434-1 | linux security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3471-1 | qemu security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3519-1 | xen security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2846-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2847-1 | Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2848-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2849-1 | Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2850-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2851-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2853-1 | Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2854-1 | Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2886-2 | Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2891-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.458Z
Reserved: 2015-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-8550
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-14T14:59:04.347
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-8550
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN