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Xen mishandle IOMMU TLB flushes DoS (XSA-346)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144976

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Synopsis

The remote Xen hypervisor installation is missing a security update.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Xen x86 HVM and PVH guest OS users due to mishandled coalesce per-page IOMMU TLB flushes. A guest OS user might be able to cause denial of service (data corruption), data leak, or possibly gain privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch or workaround according to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-346.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144976

File Name: xen_server_XSA-346.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/14/2021

Updated: 6/3/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:xen:xen

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27671

CWE: 269

IAVB: 2020-B-0056-S