| Name | CVE-2015-3259 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3414-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 795721 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xen (PTS) | wheezy | 4.1.4-3+deb7u9 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 4.1.6.lts1-13 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security), jessie | 4.4.1-9+deb8u10 | fixed |
| buster, sid, stretch (security), stretch | 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.6.0-1 | low | | 795721 |
| xen | source | jessie | 4.4.1-9+deb8u3 | medium | DSA-3414-1 | |
| xen | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - xen <no-dsa> (Minor issue, xl not used in wheezy)
[squeeze] - xen <not-affected> (xl not shipped in Squeeze)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-137.html