Input validation error in Xen and Opensuse - CVE-2015-0361
Published: January 7, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40964
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0361
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Xen
Opensuse
Xen
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote domains to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0361
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148103.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148241.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031498
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-116.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04