SuSE 10 Security Update : Xen (ZYPP Patch Number 8379)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63153

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update fixes the following security issues in xen :

- XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory (XSA-29). (CVE-2012-5513)

- Several memory hypercall operations allow invalid extent order values (XSA-31). (CVE-2012-5515)

Also the following bugs have been fixed and upstream patches have been applied: 26134-x86-shadow-invlpg-check.patch

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8379.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63153

File Name: suse_xen-8379.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/5/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5513, CVE-2012-5515

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