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openSUSE Security Update : xen (xen-1239)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40844

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xend did not properly enforce access control of the xenstore directory tree, therefore allowing guest VM's to write there. This could lead to security problems if other applications such as libvirt are not prepared for untrusted data in the xenstore directory (CVE-2008-4405).

Solution

Update the affected xen packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432485

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40844

File Name: suse_11_0_xen-090821.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-pdf, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4405

CWE: 264