Fedora 25 : xen (2017-266ab882cd)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97451

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo does not check if memory region is safe [XSA-209, CVE-2017-2620] (#1425420)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97451

File Name: fedora_2017-266ab882cd.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/1/2017

Updated: 12/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 2/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2620

FEDORA: 2017-266ab882cd

IAVB: 2017-B-0024-S

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