Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2016-2963)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95979

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2963 advisory.

[3.0.3-148.el5_11]
- xen-qemu-ioport-array-overflow.patch [bz#1401521]
- Resolves: bz#1401521 (CVE-2016-9637 xsa199 xen: qemu ioport array overflow (XSA-199) [rhel-5.11.z])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95979

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2963.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/21/2016

Updated: 2/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9637

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9637

RHSA: 2016:2963

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