CVE-2015-7813: Low severity xen xapi vulnerability

Published Oct 30, 2015
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Updated

Xen 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x does not limit the number of printk console messages when reporting unimplemented hypercalls, which allows local guests to cause a denial of service via a sequence of (1) HYPERVISORphysdevop hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the dophysdevop function in arch/arm/physdev.c, or (2) HYPERVISORhvmop hypercalls, which are not properly handled in the dohvmop function in arch/arm/hvm.c.

Affected Software

6 affected components
XEN Xen=4.4.0
XEN Xen=4.4.0-rc1
XEN Xen=4.4.1
XEN Xen=4.5.0
XEN Xen=4.5.1
XEN Xen=4.6.0

Event History

Oct 30, 2015
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7813?

CVE-2015-7813 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service.

2

How do I fix CVE-2015-7813?

To fix CVE-2015-7813, update your Xen hypervisor to a version that includes the patch addressing this vulnerability.

3

What versions of Xen are affected by CVE-2015-7813?

CVE-2015-7813 affects Xen versions 4.4.x, 4.5.x, and 4.6.x.

4

What type of attack does CVE-2015-7813 enable?

CVE-2015-7813 enables local guests to perform a denial of service attack by exploiting unimplemented hypercalls.

5

What component of Xen is impacted by CVE-2015-7813?

CVE-2015-7813 impacts the handling of HYPERVISOR_physdev_op hypercalls in the do_physdev_op function.

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