CVE - CVE-2015-8338

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8338	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 4.6.x and earlier does not properly enforce limits on page order inputs for the (1) XENMEM_increase_reservation, (2) XENMEM_populate_physmap, (3) XENMEM_exchange, and possibly other HYPERVISOR_memory_op suboperations, which allows ARM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, guest reboot, or watchdog timeout and host reboot) and possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
References
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BID:78920 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78920 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-158.html DEBIAN:DSA-3633 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633 SECTRACK:1034390 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034390
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20151125	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20151125)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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