CVE-2015-5307

MEDIUM

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed

https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-11-16

Updated: 2019-02-12

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 4.2.3 (inclusive)

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 4.0.0 to 4.0.34 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 4.1.0 to 4.1.42 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 4.2.0 to 4.2.34 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 4.3.0 to 4.3.29 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 5.0.0 to 5.0.8 (inclusive)

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (66 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124812EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1488)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124808EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1484)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
95280OracleVM 3.2 : xen (OVMSA-2016-0166)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
95279OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2016-0165)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
93289SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
91756OracleVM 3.2 : xen (OVMSA-2016-0081)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
91198Debian DLA-479-1 : xen security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
90019OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0037)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
89723SUSE SLES10 Security Update : Xen (SUSE-SU-2016:0658-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
89459Fedora 21 : kernel-4.1.13-100.fc21 (2015-f2c534bc12)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
89457Fedora 21 : xen-4.4.3-8.fc21 (2015-f150b2a8c8)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
89412Fedora 22 : kernel-4.2.6-200.fc22 (2015-cd94ad8d7c)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
89260Fedora 22 : xen-4.5.2-2.fc22 (2015-668d213dc3)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
89212Fedora 23 : xen-4.5.2-2.fc23 (2015-394835a3f6)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
89149Fedora 23 : kernel-4.2.6-300.fc23 (2015-115c302856)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
medium
88605openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-136)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
88572RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2587)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
88545openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-124)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
88423Debian DSA-3454-1 : virtualbox - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
88170OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2016-0007)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
88126openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2016-36)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
88125openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2016-35)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
88124openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2016-34)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
88051Oracle VM VirtualBox < 4.0.36 / 4.1.44 / 4.2.36 / 4.3.34 / 5.0.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2016 CPU)NessusMisc.
high
87999RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:0046)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87905F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (K31026324)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
medium
87886RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:0024)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87836Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3503)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87835Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3502)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87804RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2016:0004)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87651SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:2339-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87650SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2338-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87591SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2328-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87590SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2326-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87588SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2324-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87583Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151208)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87528SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
87443openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2015-893)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87403Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20151215)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87399RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2645)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87398RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2636)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87396Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-2636)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87393openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2015-892)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87391openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-879)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
87381CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:2636)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
87333OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0154)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
medium
87332Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3107)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87288Debian DSA-3414-1 : xen - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
87281CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:2552)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
87274RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2552)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
87271Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-2552)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87214SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:2194-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
medium
87104SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:2108-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
87012Citrix XenServer Multiple Infinite Loop Guest-to-Host DoS (CTX202583)NessusMisc.
medium
86877FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- CPU lockup during exception delivery (2cabfbab-8bfb-11e5-bd18-002590263bf5)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
medium
86847Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerability (USN-2807-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86832Debian DSA-3396-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
medium
86818MS KB3108638: Update for Windows Hyper-V to Address CPU WeaknessNessusWindows
medium
86816Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerability (USN-2806-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86815Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerability (USN-2805-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86814Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2804-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86813Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-2803-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86812Ubuntu 15.04 : linux vulnerability (USN-2802-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86811Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2801-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
86810Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2800-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium