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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Xen and libvirt (SAT Patch Number 5796)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58396

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This collective update 2012/02 for Xen provides fixes for the following reports :

Xen :

 - 740165: Fix heap overflow in e1000 device emulation (applicable to Xen qemu - CVE-2012-0029)

 - 739585: Xen block-attach fails after repeated attach/detach

 - 727515: Fragmented packets hang network boot of HVM guest

 - 736824: Microcode patches for AMD's 15h processors panic the system

 - 732782: xm create hangs when maxmen value is enclosed in 'quotes'

 - 734826: xm rename doesn't work anymore

 - 694863: kexec fails in xen

 - 726332: Fix considerable performance hit by previous changeset

 - 649209: Fix slow Xen live migrations libvirt

 - 735403: Fix connection with virt-manager as normal user virt-utils

 - Add Support for creating images that can be run on Microsoft Hyper-V host (Fix vpc file format. Add support for fixed disks)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5796.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0029.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649209

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694863

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725169

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726332

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727515

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732782

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734826

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735403

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736824

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739585

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740165

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58396

File Name: suse_11_xen-201202-120210.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:virt-utils

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0029