Debian DSA-4723-1 : xen - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 138394

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in denial of service, guest-to-host privilege escalation or information leaks.

Solution

Upgrade the xen packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1~deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/xen

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138394

File Name: debian_DSA-4723.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2020

Updated: 3/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11741

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: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15565

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 7/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11739, CVE-2020-11740, CVE-2020-11741, CVE-2020-11742, CVE-2020-11743, CVE-2020-15563, CVE-2020-15564, CVE-2020-15565, CVE-2020-15566, CVE-2020-15567

DSA: 4723

IAVB: 2020-B-0034-S