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Fedora 39 : xen (2024-4357ec611d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193861

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4357ec611d advisory.

 - x86: Native Branch History Injection [XSA-456, CVE-2024-2201] update to xen 4.17.4, remove patches now included upstream rebase xen.gcc12.fixes.patch x86 HVM hypercalls may trigger Xen bug check [XSA-454, CVE-2023-46842] x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations [XSA-455, CVE-2024-31142] (CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-31142)

 - This CVE was assigned by Intel. Please see CVE-2024-2201 on CVE.org for more information. (CVE-2024-2201)

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 xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-4357ec611d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193861

File Name: fedora_2024-4357ec611d.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31142

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2201

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, 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: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-31142