Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8615 - 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in XEN 4.6.0
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The hvm_set_callback_via function in arch/x86/hvm/irq.c in Xen 4.6 does not limit the number of printk console messages when logging the new callback method, which allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a large number of changes to the callback method (HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ).
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
| NASL family | Debian Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | DEBIAN_DLA-479.NASL |
| description | This security update fixes a number of security issues in Xen in wheezy. For Debian 7 |
| last seen | 2020-03-17 |
| modified | 2016-05-18 |
| plugin id | 91198 |
| published | 2016-05-18 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91198 |
| title | Debian DLA-479-1 : xen security update |