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Fedora 25 : xen (2017-f2577f2108)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105208

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

update to xen-4.7.4 update Source0 location

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fix an issue in patch for [XSA-240, CVE-2017-15595] that might be a security issue fix for [XSA-243, CVE-2017-15592] could cause hypervisor crash (DOS)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f2577f2108

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105208

File Name: fedora_2017-f2577f2108.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15588, CVE-2017-15592, CVE-2017-15595