CVE-2015-7969
Xen DoS Memory Leak
Description
Multiple memory leaks in Xen 4.0 through 4.6.x allow local guest administrators or domains with certain permission to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of "teardowns" of domains with the vcpu pointer array allocated using the (1) XEN_DOMCTL_max_vcpus hypercall or the xenoprofile state vcpu pointer array allocated using the (2) XENOPROF_get_buffer or (3) XENOPROF_set_passive hypercall.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 30, 2015, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 30, 2018, 4:26 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034033 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202404 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171249.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171185.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171082.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77364 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-149.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-149.html Advisory Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-151.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-151.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-399 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 02, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7969 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7969
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.24595
percentile