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Fedora 28 : xen (2018-a7862a75f5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120682

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

preemption checks bypassed in x86 PV MM handling [XSA-264, CVE-2018-12891] (#1595959) x86: #DB exception safety check can be triggered by a guest [XSA-265, CVE-2018-12893] (#1595958) libxl fails to honour readonly flag on HVM emulated SCSI disks [XSA-266, CVE-2018-12892] (#1595957)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a7862a75f5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120682

File Name: fedora_2018-a7862a75f5.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12892

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:28, 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: 7/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12891, CVE-2018-12892, CVE-2018-12893