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CVE-2015-3259

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Date: July 16, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.0

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3259

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00042.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00041.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75573

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3259

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032973

Url: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-137.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3259

Severity Score

5.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.0
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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