CVE-2015-1563 (GCVE-0-2015-1563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-09 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:47
VLAI
Summary
The ARM GIC distributor virtualization in Xen 4.4.x and 4.5.x allows local guests to cause a denial of service by causing a large number messages to be logged.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031663 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-118.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72766 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2015-01-29 00:00
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