Xen Hypervisor Multiple Functions DMOP Handling Guest-to-Host DoS (XSA-238)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103973

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VPR Score: 7.3

Synopsis

The remote Xen hypervisor installation is missing a security update.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by unspecified flaws in arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c that is triggered when handling DMOPs. This may allow an attacker within a guest to consume excessive resources.

Note this can only be exploited by domains controlling HVM guests.

Note that Nessus has checked the changeset versions based on the xen.git change log. Nessus did not check guest hardware configurations or if patches were applied manually to the source code before a recompile and reinstall.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-238.html

https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=summary

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103973

File Name: xen_server_XSA-238.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/19/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Dependencies: xen_server_detect.nbin

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 7.3

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15595

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:xen:xen

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Xen Hypervisor, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15588, CVE-2017-15589, CVE-2017-15590, CVE-2017-15591, CVE-2017-15592, CVE-2017-15593, CVE-2017-15594, CVE-2017-15595, CVE-2017-15596

BID: 101490, 101496, 101500

IAVB: 2017-B-0142