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Fedora 24 : xen (2017-c9d71f0860)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100198

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

xen: various flaws (#1447345) x86: 64bit PV guest breakout via pagetable use-after-mode-change [XSA-213] grant transfer allows PV guest to elevate privileges [XSA-214] possible memory corruption via failsafe callback [XSA-215]

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c9d71f0860

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100198

File Name: fedora_2017-c9d71f0860.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8903, CVE-2017-8904, CVE-2017-8905