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Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 13, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-8553

GHSA ID

GHSA-p4j9-qwcx-6mjj

Source code

No known source code

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