Fedora 17 : xen-4.1.4-3.fc17 (2013-1269)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64407

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Buffer overflow when processing large packets in qemu e1000 device driver [XSA-41, CVE-2012-6075], fix a bug introduced by fix for XSA-27

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?69fb6055

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64407

File Name: fedora_2013-1269.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2013

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2013-1269