openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2016-36)
high Nessus Plugin ID 88126
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for xen fixes the following issues :- CVE-2015-8567,CVE-2015-8568: xen: qemu: net: vmxnet3:
host memory leakage (boo#959387)
- CVE-2015-8550: xen: paravirtualized drivers incautious about shared memory contents (XSA-155, boo#957988)
- CVE-2015-8558: xen: qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoS (boo#959006)
- CVE-2015-7549: xen: qemu pci: NULL pointer dereference issue (boo#958918)
- CVE-2015-8504: xen: qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception (boo#958493)
- CVE-2015-8554: xen: qemu-dm buffer overrun in MSI-X handling (XSA-164, boo#958007)
- CVE-2015-8555: xen: information leak in legacy x86 FPU/XMM initialization (XSA-165, boo#958009)
- boo#958523: xen: ioreq handling possibly susceptible to multiple read issue (XSA-166)
- CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list (boo#956832)
- CVE-2015-5307: xen: x86: CPU lockup during fault delivery (XSA-156, boo#954018)
- boo#956592: xen: virtual PMU is unsupported (XSA-163)
- CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error handling issues (XSA-159, boo#956408)
- CVE-2015-8341: xen: libxl leak of pv kernel and initrd on error (XSA-160, boo#956409)
- CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in pcnet emulator (XSA-162, boo#956411)
Solution
Update the affected xen packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=954018
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956408
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956409
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956411
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956592
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956832
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=957988
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958007
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958009
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958493
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958523
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958918
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 88126
File Name: openSUSE-2016-36.nasl
Version: 2.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/25/2016
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domU, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domU-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5307, CVE-2015-7504, CVE-2015-7549, CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340, CVE-2015-8341, CVE-2015-8345, CVE-2015-8504, CVE-2015-8550, CVE-2015-8554, CVE-2015-8555, CVE-2015-8558, CVE-2015-8567, CVE-2015-8568