CVE-2015-2152
EPSS 0.08%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-2152
To remediate CVE-2015-2152, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.4.1-9 or later
Is CVE-2015-2152 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.4.1-9