SUSE SLES12: xen / xen-doc-html / xen-libs / xen-libs-32bit / xen-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3322-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153951

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3322-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-28701: Fixed race condition in XENMAPSPACE_grant_table handling (XSA-384) (bsc#1189632).

- CVE-2021-28694,CVE-2021-28695,CVE-2021-28696: Fixed IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 (XSA-378)(bsc#1189373).
- CVE-2021-28697: Fixed grant table v2 status pages that may remain accessible after de-allocation (XSA-379)(bsc#1189376).
- CVE-2021-28698: Fixed long running loops in grant table handling (XSA-380)(bsc#1189378).
- CVE-2021-20255: Fixed eepro100 stack overflow via infinite recursion (bsc#1182654).
- CVE-2021-3592: Fixed invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (bootp) (bsc#1187369).
- CVE-2021-3594: Fixed invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (udp) (bsc#1187378).
- CVE-2021-3595: Fixed invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (tftp) (bsc#1187376).
- CVE-2021-28692: Fixed inappropriate x86 IOMMU timeout detection / handling (XSA-373)(bsc#1186429).
- CVE-2021-0089: Fixed Speculative Code Store Bypass (XSA-375)(bsc#1186433).
- CVE-2021-28690: Fixed x86 TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 (XSA-377)(bsc#1186434).

- Prevent superpage allocation in the LAPIC and ACPI_INFO range (bsc#1189882).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153951

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3322-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2021

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28692

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28701

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0089, CVE-2021-20255, CVE-2021-28690, CVE-2021-28692, CVE-2021-28694, CVE-2021-28695, CVE-2021-28696, CVE-2021-28697, CVE-2021-28698, CVE-2021-28701, CVE-2021-3592, CVE-2021-3594, CVE-2021-3595

IAVB: 2021-B-0044-S, 2021-B-0060-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3322-1

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