CVE-2015-7513

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 does not reset the PIT counter values during state restoration, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS crash) via a zero value, related to the kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-7513
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-08T03:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-12-10T20:04:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-369 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7513
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7513
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:41:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:16:18 2016-02-08T03:59Z 2016-02-08T03:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:16:18 2021-12-10T20:04:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:16:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated