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Fedora 40 : xen (2024-a46df5ba2f)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 194672
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-a46df5ba2f advisory.x86: Native Branch History Injection [XSA-456, CVE-2024-2201] update to xen 4.18.2, remove patches now included upstream x86 HVM hypercalls may trigger Xen bug check [XSA-454, CVE-2023-46842] x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations [XSA-455, CVE-2024-31142]
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-2024-a46df5ba2f
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 194672
File Name: fedora_2024-a46df5ba2f.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/29/2024
Updated: 12/20/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31142
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46842
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, 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: 4/9/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46842, CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-31142
FEDORA: 2024-a46df5ba2f
IAVB: 2024-B-0200