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CVE-2015-2152 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xen xen	<= 4.5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	20 21 22
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 24, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 25, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 18, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 18, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]