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CVE-2015-2152

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when t

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.

LOW · CVSS 1.9 EPSS 0.00076
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
xen<= 4.5.0
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

1.9
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD18 Mar 2015 · 04:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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