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Fedora 38 : xen (2023-4125279976)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182399

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-4125279976 advisory.

 arm32: The cache may not be properly cleaned/invalidated [XSA-437, CVE-2023-34321] top-level shadow reference dropped too early for 64-bit PV guests [XSA-438, CVE-2023-34322] x86/AMD: Divide speculative information leak [XSA-439, CVE-2023-20588]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-4125279976

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182399

File Name: fedora_2023-4125279976.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, 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: 9/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20588, CVE-2023-34321, CVE-2023-34322

FEDORA: 2023-4125279976

IAVB: 2023-B-0067-S