GLSA-202402-07 : Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 189976

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-07 (Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-emulation/xen-4.16.6_pre1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189976

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202402-07.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/4/2024

Updated: 9/24/2025

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-2021-28709

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42309

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28703, CVE-2021-28704, CVE-2021-28705, CVE-2021-28706, CVE-2021-28707, CVE-2021-28708, CVE-2021-28709, CVE-2022-23824, CVE-2022-23825, CVE-2022-26356, CVE-2022-26357, CVE-2022-26358, CVE-2022-26359, CVE-2022-26360, CVE-2022-26361, CVE-2022-27672, CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901, CVE-2022-33746, CVE-2022-33747, CVE-2022-33748, CVE-2022-33749, CVE-2022-42309, CVE-2022-42310, CVE-2022-42319, CVE-2022-42320, CVE-2022-42321, CVE-2022-42322, CVE-2022-42323, CVE-2022-42324, CVE-2022-42325, CVE-2022-42326, CVE-2022-42327, CVE-2022-42330, CVE-2022-42331, CVE-2022-42332, CVE-2022-42333, CVE-2022-42334, CVE-2022-42335

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