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Fedora 22 : xen-4.5.2-9.fc22 (2016-38b20aa50f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90036

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurations CVE-2016-1714 (#1296080)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90036

File Name: fedora_2016-38b20aa50f.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8613, CVE-2015-8817, CVE-2015-8818, CVE-2016-1714, CVE-2016-1922, CVE-2016-1981, CVE-2016-2198, CVE-2016-2391, CVE-2016-2392, CVE-2016-2538, CVE-2016-2841, CVE-2016-2857, CVE-2016-2858

FEDORA: 2016-38b20aa50f