Improper input validation in Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
CVE-2015-8552
The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to generate a continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension — versions 11, 12
- Xen — versions 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-157.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034480 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79546 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8552?
- CVE-2015-8552 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2016-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8552?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.