DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4164

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4164

    Published: 15 Jun 2015Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4164

    Summary:

    Details: The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4164

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xen?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.6.0-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High