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FreeBSD : xen-tools -- Guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages (cbe1a0f9-27e9-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84713

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The Xen Project reports :

Device model code dealing with guest PCI MSI-X interrupt management activities logs messages on certain (supposedly) invalid guest operations.

A buggy or malicious guest repeatedly invoking such operations may result in the host disk to fill up, possibly leading to a Denial of Service.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-130.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?95289c08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84713

File Name: freebsd_pkg_cbe1a0f927e911e5a4a5002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 7/14/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xen-tools, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4105