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Fedora 26 : xen (2017-77ca39d254)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101659

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

xen: various flaws (#1447345) x86: 64bit PV guest breakout via pagetable use-after-mode-change [XSA-213] grant transfer allows PV guest to elevate privileges [XSA-214]

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-77ca39d254

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101659

File Name: fedora_2017-77ca39d254.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2017

Updated: 12/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2017-8904

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8903, CVE-2017-8904