Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.4.1-r6 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401073

Description

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

- Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of
service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown. (CVE-2015-0361)

- The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to
only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference)
by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).
(CVE-2014-8594)

- arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.2.1 through 4.4.x does not properly check privileges, which
allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1)
CALL, (2) JMP, (3) RETF, (4) LCALL, (5) LJMP, or (6) LRET far branch instruction. (CVE-2014-8595)

- The compatibility mode hypercall argument translation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x, when running on a 64-bit
hypervisor, allows local 32-bit HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving
altering the high halves of registers while in 64-bit mode. (CVE-2014-8866)

- The acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instruction in Xen 4.4.x, 3.2.x, and earlier lacks properly
bounds checking for memory mapped I/O (MMIO) emulated in the hypervisor, which allows local HVM guests to
cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-8867)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=621b3e6ae3cef5a89353cb0868372c2b94ffa454

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=bc7a651405864891312f3556d8f87c6bcb822c7b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401073

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 4/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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 Score Source: CVE-2015-0361

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-2014-8867

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8594, CVE-2014-8595, CVE-2014-8866, CVE-2014-8867, CVE-2014-9030, CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066, CVE-2015-0361

BID: 71149, 71151, 71207, 71331, 71332, 71544, 71546, 71882