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

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959006

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959387

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88126

File Name: openSUSE-2016-36.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

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