CVE - CVE-2015-8554

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8554	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using the qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model, allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to gain privileges by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI-X capable physical PCI device and MSI-X table entries, related to a "write path."
References
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CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html GENTOO:GLSA-201604-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 BID:79579 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79579 SECTRACK:1034481 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034481
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20151214	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 (20151214)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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