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Fedora 35 : xen (2022-53a4a5dd11)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169035

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 35 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-53a4a5dd11 advisory.

 - IBPB may not prevent return branch predictions from being specified by pre-IBPB branch targets leading to a potential information disclosure. (CVE-2022-23824)

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

Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-53a4a5dd11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169035

File Name: fedora_2022-53a4a5dd11.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2022

Updated: 12/22/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:35, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23824