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SUSE: CVE-2015-5166: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-5166: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/12/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
06/21/2021

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-pdf
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu

References

  • SUSE-SU-2015:1384-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1404-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1479-2
  • 76152
  • 1033175
  • CVE-2015-5166
  • USN-2724-1
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