CVE-2015-3259 — Improper Input Validation in XEN

CWE-264CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedJul 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through 4.5.x allows local guest administrators to gain privileges via a long configuration argument.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.1 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.6.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.6.0-1+3
▶NVDxen/xen18 versions+17

Patches

Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8m5p-xp4x-w5vh: Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-3259: Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4↗2015-07-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xen: xl command line config handling stack overflow (XSA-137)↗2015-07-07
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Debian
CVE-2015-3259: xen - Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through ...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3279 cups-filters: texttopdf integer overflow↗2015-07-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3259 xen: xl command line config handling stack overflow (XSA-137)↗2015-07-01
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