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Fedora 40 : xen (2024-169a1cc589)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204934

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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-2024-169a1cc589 advisory.

 double unlock in x86 guest IRQ handling [XSA-458, CVE-2024-31143] x86: Native Branch History Injection [XSA-456 version 3, CVE-2024-2201]

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-2024-169a1cc589

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 204934

File Name: fedora_2024-169a1cc589.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2024

Updated: 8/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: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: 7/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-31143

FEDORA: 2024-169a1cc589

IAVB: 2024-B-0095