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CVE-2015-5307

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Date: November 16, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (43)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5307

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5307

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5307

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5307

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105

Url: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1

Url: https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5307

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: November 16, 2015

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