Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.7.1-r4

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424749

Description

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

- Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling
of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation. (CVE-2016-10013)

- Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host
hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel
operations. (CVE-2016-10024)

- VMFUNC emulation in Xen 4.6.x through 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions (aka SVM)
allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by leveraging a missing
NULL pointer check. (CVE-2016-10025)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424749

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10013, CVE-2016-10024, CVE-2016-10025

BID: 94963, 95021, 95026

IAVA: 2017-A-0012-S, 2017-A-0095-S

IAVB: 2017-B-0008-S

Detections

Analytics