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Fedora 14 : xen-4.0.1-11.fc14 (2011-6914)

high Nessus Plugin ID 54634

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

gain privileged access to base domain, or access to xen configuration info. Lack of error checking could allow DoS attack from guest.
[CVE-2011-1583] Don't require /usr/bin/qemu-nbd as it isn't used at present. Fix issue with VGA passthrough (#694001)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694001

http://www.nessus.org/u?b7a199d6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 54634

File Name: fedora_2011-6914.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2011

Reference Information

BID: 47779

FEDORA: 2011-6914