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Debian DSA-3519-1 : xen - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 90030

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in the Xen virtualisation solution, which may result in denial of service or information disclosure.

The oldstable distribution (wheezy) will be updated in a separate DSA.

Solution

Upgrade the xen packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.1-9+deb8u4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/xen

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90030

File Name: debian_DSA-3519.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340, CVE-2015-8341, CVE-2015-8550, CVE-2015-8555, CVE-2016-1570, CVE-2016-1571, CVE-2016-2270, CVE-2016-2271

DSA: 3519