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Fedora 29 : xen (2019-865bb16900)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 131098

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

VCPUOP_initialise DoS [XSA-296, CVE-2019-18420] missing descriptor table limit checking in x86 PV emulation [XSA-298, CVE-2019-18425] Issues with restartable PV type change operations [XSA-299, CVE-2019-18421] (#1767726) add-to-physmap can be abused to DoS Arm hosts [XSA-301, CVE-2019-18423] passed through PCI devices may corrupt host memory after deassignment [XSA-302, CVE-2019-18424] (#1767731) ARM: Interrupts are unconditionally unmasked in exception handlers [XSA-303, CVE-2019-18422]

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-865bb16900

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 131098

File Name: fedora_2019-865bb16900.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2019

Updated: 4/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18425

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18420, CVE-2019-18421, CVE-2019-18422, CVE-2019-18423, CVE-2019-18424, CVE-2019-18425

FEDORA: 2019-865bb16900

IAVB: 2019-B-0084-S