UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8553

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8553

    Published: 13 Apr 2016Last Modified: 7 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8553

    Summary:

    Details: Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory and I/O decoding control bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0777.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8553, http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-120.html, http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1924087/focus=1930758, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8553

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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