CVE-2015-5307 (GCVE-0-2015-5307)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-16 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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          "name": "77528",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528"
        },
        {
          "name": "USN-2803-1",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_UBUNTU"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed"
        }
      ]
    }
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    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2015-5307",
    "datePublished": "2015-11-16T11:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T06:41:09.291Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
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}


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Sightings

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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