FreeBSD : xen-tools -- qemu incautious about shared ring processing (58685e23-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95510

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The Xen Project reports :

The compiler can emit optimizations in qemu which can lead to double fetch vulnerabilities. Specifically data on the rings shared between qemu and the hypervisor (which the guest under control can obtain mappings of) can be fetched twice (during which time the guest can alter the contents) possibly leading to arbitrary code execution in qemu.

Malicious administrators can exploit this vulnerability to take over the qemu process, elevating its privilege to that of the qemu process.

In a system not using a device model stub domain (or other techniques for deprivileging qemu), malicious guest administrators can thus elevate their privilege to that of the host.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95510

File Name: freebsd_pkg_58685e23ba4d11e6ae1b002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 12/5/2016

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9381

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xen-tools, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9381

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