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Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2009-0003)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67782

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0003 advisory.

 - More fixes for Xenstore unsafe data access (CVE-2008-4405, rhbz #464817)
 - Fix block-detach regression due to (CVE-2008-4405, rhbz #473882)
 - Fix reboots after CVE-2008-4405 changes (rhbz #471588)
 - Remove qemu-dm.debug wrapper script (CVE-2008-4993, rhbz #470795)
 - Fix unsafe use of xenstore data (CVE-2008-4405, rhbz #464817)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

Update the affected xen, xen-devel and / or xen-libs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0003.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67782

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0003.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4405

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4993

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-libs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4405, CVE-2008-4993

RHSA: 2009:0003