Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.6.0-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401076

Description

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

- The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to
cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions,
related to svm.c and vmx.c. (CVE-2015-5307)

- The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to
cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related
to svm.c. (CVE-2015-8104)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401076

Version: Revision 1.31

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5307

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8104

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5307, CVE-2015-8104

BID: 77524, 77528

IAVA: 2015-A-0286-S

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