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Fedora 25 : xen (2016-92e3ea2d1b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96158

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

two security flaws (#1406840) x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts [XSA-202, CVE-2016-10024] x86: missing NULL pointer check in VMFUNC emulation [XSA-203, CVE-2016-10025] x86: Mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation [XSA-204, CVE-2016-10013] (#1406260)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-92e3ea2d1b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96158

File Name: fedora_2016-92e3ea2d1b.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/28/2016

Updated: 1/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10013, CVE-2016-10024, CVE-2016-10025

FEDORA: 2016-92e3ea2d1b

IAVB: 2017-B-0008-S