CVE-2015-0239
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.4)—
La función em_sysenter en arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c en el kernel de Linux anterior a 3.18.5, cuando al sistema operativo invitado le falta la inicialización SYSENTER MSR, permite a usuarios del sistema operativo invitado ganar privilegios del sistema operativo invitado o causar una denegación de servicio (caída del sistema operativo invitado) mediante la provocación del uso de un segmento de código de 16 bits para la emulación de una instrucción SYSENTER.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.64%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 49
- Fecha de la puntuación: 9/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (7)
CWE
- CWE-269
Referencias
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/502245
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72842
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186448
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/502245
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72842
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186448
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
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