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CVE-2015-5307

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denia

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.00096

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Affected Products & Versions

9

linux kernel<= 4.2.3
xenall versions
oracle vm virtualbox>= 4.0.0 and <= 4.0.34
oracle vm virtualbox>= 4.1.0 and <= 4.1.42
oracle vm virtualbox>= 4.2.0 and <= 4.2.34
oracle vm virtualbox>= 4.3.0 and <= 4.3.29
oracle vm virtualbox>= 5.0.0 and <= 5.0.8
debian linuxall versions
Show all 9 affected productscanonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published to NVD16 Nov 2015 · 11:59 AM

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Vendor Advisories

27

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2074-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:0354-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2350-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2338-1
Show all 27 vendor advisoriessuse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2339-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2324-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2326-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2328-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2306-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2194-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:2108-1
usnUSN-2807-1
usnUSN-2806-1
usnUSN-2805-1
usnUSN-2804-1
usnUSN-2803-1
usnUSN-2802-1
usnUSN-2801-1
usnUSN-2800-1
rhsaRHSA-2016:0046Important
rhsaRHSA-2016:0024Important
rhsaRHSA-2015:2552Important
rhsaRHSA-2015:2587Important
rhsaRHSA-2015:2645Important
rhsaRHSA-2015:2636Important
rhsaRHSA-2016:0004Important

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References & Sources

38

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faedVendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1Third Party Advisory

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.htmlVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faedVendor Advisory

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783Third Party Advisory

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