CVE-2015-3259 Memory corruption in n/a
Local guest administrators can escalate privileges via a stack-based buffer overflow in the Xen xl command line utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-3259?
CVE-2015-3259 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Xen Xen, published on 16 Jul 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3259?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3259?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-3259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3259 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xen Xen
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3259, GHSA-8m5p-xp4x-w5vh, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3259.