CVE - CVE-2015-2152

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2152	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:73068 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-3721 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-3935 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-3944 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html GENTOO:GLSA-201504-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 SECTRACK:1031806 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 SECTRACK:1031919 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0732 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20150228	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150228)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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