Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2015-5307
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Oracle Vm Virtualbox
- Xen — versions 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)