Debian DSA-4210-1 : xen - security update (Spectre)

low Nessus Plugin ID 110102

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VPR Score: 5.1

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

This update provides mitigations for the Spectre v4 variant in x86-based micro processors. On Intel CPUs this requires updated microcode which is currently not released publicly (but your hardware vendor may have issued an update). For servers with AMD CPUs no microcode update is needed, please refer to https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-263.html for further information.

Solution

Upgrade the xen packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u7.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 110102

File Name: debian_DSA-4210.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/25/2018

Updated: 4/15/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Low

VPR Score: 5.1

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3639

DSA: 4210