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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2024:3979-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211389

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3979-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2024-45818: xen: Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling (bsc#1232622)
 - CVE-2024-45819: xen: libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables (bsc#1232624)

 Non-security issue fixed:

 - Xen host hung at boot up with repeated '(XEN) APIC error on CPU on CPU53: 40(40), Received illegal vector' (bsc#1231046)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231046

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232622

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232624

http://www.nessus.org/u?9c6364a0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45818

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45819

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211389

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3979-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2024

Updated: 1/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45819

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45818

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-html

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45818, CVE-2024-45819

IAVB: 2024-B-0095-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3979-1