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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 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.

    Published:Mar 12, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 18, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00076
    CVSS Score:1.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Xen
    Product
    Xen

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919
    http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919
    http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High