CVE-2015-2152 | BDVDB-2026-68535 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.