Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2015-7835
Published: October 30, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40620
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7835
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The mod_l2_entry function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4 through 4.6.x does not properly validate level 2 page table entries, which allows local PV guest administrators to gain privileges via a crafted superpage mapping.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7835
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3390
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77366
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034032
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-148.html
- https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-022-2015.txt
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03