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Fedora 27 : xen (2017-333ea49a63)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105848

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

xen: various flaws (#1490884) Missing NUMA node parameter verification [XSA-231, CVE-2017-14316] Missing check for grant table [XSA-232, CVE-2017-14318] cxenstored: Race in domain cleanup [XSA-233, CVE-2017-14317] insufficient grant unmapping checks for x86 PV guests [XSA-234, CVE-2017-14319]

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-333ea49a63

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105848

File Name: fedora_2017-333ea49a63.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14316, CVE-2017-14317, CVE-2017-14318, CVE-2017-14319