x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late. In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of speculative attacks.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original     Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late.
    In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of     speculative attacks. (CVE-2022-42331)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original
    Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late.
    In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of
    speculative attacks. (CVE-2022-42331)

  - x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free In environments where host assisted address translation is
    necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP) is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode.
    Shadow mode maintains a pool of memory used for both shadow page tables as well as auxiliary data
    structures. To migrate or snapshot guests, Xen additionally runs them in so called log-dirty mode. The
    data structures needed by the log-dirty tracking are part of aformentioned auxiliary data. In order to
    keep error handling efforts within reasonable bounds, for operations which may require memory allocations
    shadow mode logic ensures up front that enough memory is available for the worst case requirements.
    Unfortunately, while page table memory is properly accounted for on the code path requiring the potential
    establishing of new shadows, demands by the log-dirty infrastructure were not taken into consideration. As
    a result, just established shadow page tables could be freed again immediately, while other code is still
    accessing them on the assumption that they would remain allocated. (CVE-2022-42332)

  - x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the
    text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] To allow cachability control for HVM
    guests with passed through devices, an interface exists to explicitly override defaults which would
    otherwise be put in place. While not exposed to the affected guests themselves, the interface specifically
    exists for domains controlling such guests. This interface may therefore be used by not fully privileged
    entities, e.g. qemu running deprivileged in Dom0 or qemu running in a so called stub-domain. With this
    exposure it is an issue that - the number of the such controlled regions was unbounded (CVE-2022-42333), -
    installation and removal of such regions was not properly serialized (CVE-2022-42334). (CVE-2022-42333)

  - x86 shadow paging arbitrary pointer dereference In environments where host assisted address translation is
    necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP) is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode.
    Due to too lax a check in one of the hypervisor routines used for shadow page handling it is possible for
    a guest with a PCI device passed through to cause the hypervisor to access an arbitrary pointer partially
    under guest control. (CVE-2022-42335)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-07 (Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below     for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - When SMT is enabled, certain AMD processors may speculatively execute instructions using a target from the
    sibling thread after an SMT mode switch potentially resulting in information disclosure. (CVE-2022-27672)

  - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original
    Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late.
    In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of
    speculative attacks. (CVE-2022-42331)

  - x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free In environments where host assisted address translation is
    necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP) is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode.
    Shadow mode maintains a pool of memory used for both shadow page tables as well as auxiliary data
    structures. To migrate or snapshot guests, Xen additionally runs them in so called log-dirty mode. The
    data structures needed by the log-dirty tracking are part of aformentioned auxiliary data. In order to
    keep error handling efforts within reasonable bounds, for operations which may require memory allocations
    shadow mode logic ensures up front that enough memory is available for the worst case requirements.
    Unfortunately, while page table memory is properly accounted for on the code path requiring the potential
    establishing of new shadows, demands by the log-dirty infrastructure were not taken into consideration. As
    a result, just established shadow page tables could be freed again immediately, while other code is still
    accessing them on the assumption that they would remain allocated. (CVE-2022-42332)

  - x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the
    text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] To allow cachability control for HVM
    guests with passed through devices, an interface exists to explicitly override defaults which would
    otherwise be put in place. While not exposed to the affected guests themselves, the interface specifically
    exists for domains controlling such guests. This interface may therefore be used by not fully privileged
    entities, e.g. qemu running deprivileged in Dom0 or qemu running in a so called stub-domain. With this
    exposure it is an issue that - the number of the such controlled regions was unbounded (CVE-2022-42333), -
    installation and removal of such regions was not properly serialized (CVE-2022-42334). (CVE-2022-42333,
    CVE-2022-42334)

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free In environments where host assisted address translation is
    necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP) is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode.
    Shadow mode maintains a pool of memory used for both shadow page tables as well as auxiliary data
    structures. To migrate or snapshot guests, Xen additionally runs them in so called log-dirty mode. The
    data structures needed by the log-dirty tracking are part of aformentioned auxiliary data. In order to
    keep error handling efforts within reasonable bounds, for operations which may require memory allocations
    shadow mode logic ensures up front that enough memory is available for the worst case requirements.
    Unfortunately, while page table memory is properly accounted for on the code path requiring the potential
    establishing of new shadows, demands by the log-dirty infrastructure were not taken into consideration. As
    a result, just established shadow page tables could be freed again immediately, while other code is still
    accessing them on the assumption that they would remain allocated. (CVE-2022-42332)

  - Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector
    execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable
    information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-40982)

  - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original
    Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late.
    In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of
    speculative attacks. (CVE-2022-42331)

  - x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the
    text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] To allow cachability control for HVM
    guests with passed through devices, an interface exists to explicitly override defaults which would
    otherwise be put in place. While not exposed to the affected guests themselves, the interface specifically
    exists for domains controlling such guests. This interface may therefore be used by not fully privileged
    entities, e.g. qemu running deprivileged in Dom0 or qemu running in a so called stub-domain. With this
    exposure it is an issue that - the number of the such controlled regions was unbounded (CVE-2022-42333), -
    installation and removal of such regions was not properly serialized (CVE-2022-42334). (CVE-2022-42333)

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-04b5338dd0 advisory.

    3 security issues (#2180425)     x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free [XSA-427, CVE-2022-42332]     x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling [XSA-428, CVE-2022-42333,     CVE-2022-42334]     x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path [XSA-429,     CVE-2022-42331]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5378 advisory.

  - IBPB may not prevent return branch predictions from being specified by pre-IBPB branch targets leading to     a potential information disclosure. (CVE-2022-23824)

  - x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path Due to an oversight in the very original     Spectre/Meltdown security work (XSA-254), one entrypath performs its speculation-safety actions too late.
    In some configurations, there is an unprotected RET instruction which can be attacked with a variety of     speculative attacks. (CVE-2022-42331)

  - x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free In environments where host assisted address translation is     necessary but Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP) is unavailable, Xen will run guests in so called shadow mode.
    Shadow mode maintains a pool of memory used for both shadow page tables as well as auxiliary data     structures. To migrate or snapshot guests, Xen additionally runs them in so called log-dirty mode. The     data structures needed by the log-dirty tracking are part of aformentioned auxiliary data. In order to     keep error handling efforts within reasonable bounds, for operations which may require memory allocations     shadow mode logic ensures up front that enough memory is available for the worst case requirements.
    Unfortunately, while page table memory is properly accounted for on the code path requiring the potential     establishing of new shadows, demands by the log-dirty infrastructure were not taken into consideration. As     a result, just established shadow page tables could be freed again immediately, while other code is still     accessing them on the assumption that they would remain allocated. (CVE-2022-42332)

  - x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the     text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] To allow cachability control for HVM     guests with passed through devices, an interface exists to explicitly override defaults which would     otherwise be put in place. While not exposed to the affected guests themselves, the interface specifically     exists for domains controlling such guests. This interface may therefore be used by not fully privileged     entities, e.g. qemu running deprivileged in Dom0 or qemu running in a so called stub-domain. With this     exposure it is an issue that - the number of the such controlled regions was unbounded (CVE-2022-42333), -     installation and removal of such regions was not properly serialized (CVE-2022-42334). (CVE-2022-42333,     CVE-2022-42334)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-da8315e641 advisory.

    3 security issues (#2180425)     x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free [XSA-427, CVE-2022-42332]     x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling [XSA-428, CVE-2022-42333,     CVE-2022-42334]     x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path [XSA-429,     CVE-2022-42331]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-703f133eb3 advisory.

    3 security issues (#2180425)     x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free [XSA-427, CVE-2022-42332]     x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling [XSA-428, CVE-2022-42333,     CVE-2022-42334]     x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path [XSA-429,     CVE-2022-42331]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0845-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0848-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0858-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0859-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0847-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0862-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42333,CVE-2022-42334: Fixed x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling (bsc#1209018).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0846-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-42332: Fixed use-after-free in x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode (bsc#1209017).
    - CVE-2022-42331: Fixed speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path on x86 (bsc#1209019).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257886	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-42331	Nessus	Misc.	medium
424717	Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.17.0-r5	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
424717	Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.17.0-r5	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
189976	GLSA-202402-07 : Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
407839	Alpine: xen: security update to 4.16.4-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
407839	Alpine: xen: security update to 4.16.4-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
407824	Alpine: xen: security update to 4.15.5-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
407824	Alpine: xen: security update to 4.15.5-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
173930	Fedora 36 : xen (2023-04b5338dd0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
173415	Debian DSA-5378-1 : xen - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
173413	Fedora 37 : xen (2023-da8315e641)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
173412	Fedora 38 : xen (2023-703f133eb3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
173231	SUSE SLES12: xen / xen-devel / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0845-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173224	SUSE SLED15: xen / xen-devel / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0848-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173221	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:0858-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173220	SUSE SLES12: xen / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / xen-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0859-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173214	SUSE SLES15: xen / xen-devel / xen-libs / xen-tools / xen-tools-domU / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0847-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173212	SUSE SLES15: xen / xen-devel / xen-libs / xen-tools / xen-tools-domU / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0862-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
173199	SUSE SLES12: xen / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / xen-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0846-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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