openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2018-1530)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119642

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for xen fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2018-18849: Fixed an out of bounds memory access issue was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation while writing a message in lsi_do_msgin (bsc#1114423).

- CVE-2018-18883: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference that could have been triggered by nested VT-x that where not properly restricted (XSA-278)(bsc#1114405).

- CVE-2018-19965: Fixed denial of service issue from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses (XSA-279)(bsc#1115045).

- CVE-2018-19966: Fixed issue introduced by XSA-240 that could have caused conflicts with shadow paging (XSA-280)(bsc#1115047).

- CVE-2018-19961 CVE-2018-19962: Fixed insufficient TLB flushing / improper large page mappings with AMD IOMMUs (XSA-275)(bsc#1115040).

Non-security issues fixed :

- Added upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected xen packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119642

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1530.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18849, CVE-2018-18883, CVE-2018-19961, CVE-2018-19962, CVE-2018-19965, CVE-2018-19966

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