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CVE-2015-2152

Published: 18 March 2015

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xen
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Does not exist

precise
Released (4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.5)
trusty
Released (4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4)
upstream Needed

utopic
Released (4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.10.4)
vivid
Released (4.5.0-1ubuntu3)
Patches:
upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa119-unstable.patch
upstream: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa119-4.2.patch
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
xen-3.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Ignored
(end of life)
utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.