Fedora 26 : xen (2017-5bcddc1984)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104310
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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

xen: various flaws (#1501391) multiple MSI mapping issues on x86 [XSA-237] DMOP map/unmap missing argument checks [XSA-238] hypervisor stack leak in x86 I/O intercept code [XSA-239] Unlimited recursion in linear pagetable de-typing [XSA-240] Stale TLB entry due to page type release race [XSA-241] page type reference leak on x86 [XSA-242] x86:
Incorrect handling of self-linear shadow mappings with translated guests [XSA-243] x86: Incorrect handling of IST settings during CPU hotplug [XSA-244]

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ARM: Some memory not scrubbed at boot [XSA-245] Qemu: vga: reachable assert failure during during display update [CVE-2017-13673] (#1486591) Qemu: vga: OOB read access during display update [CVE-2017-13672] (#1486562)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-5bcddc1984

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104310

File Name: fedora_2017-5bcddc1984.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

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

Risk Factor: High

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: 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13672, CVE-2017-13673, CVE-2017-15588, CVE-2017-15589, CVE-2017-15590, CVE-2017-15591, CVE-2017-15592, CVE-2017-15593, CVE-2017-15594, CVE-2017-15595