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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Number 6653)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 64234
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Synopsis
The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Xen was updated to fix several security issues :- A xen HVM guest destroy p2m teardown host DoS vulnerability was fixed, where malicious guest could lock/crash the host. (CVE-2012-3433)
- A xen HVM guest user mode MMIO emulation DoS was fixed.
(CVE-2012-3432)
- The xen pv bootloader doesn't check the size of the bzip2 or lzma compressed kernel, leading to denial of service (crash). (CVE-2012-2625)
Also the following bug in XEN was fixed :
- Xen HVM DomU crash during Windows Server 2008 R2 install, when maxmem > memory This update also included bugfixes for:. (bnc#746702)
- vm-install: - bnc#762963 - ReaR: Unable to recover a paravirtualized XEN guest
Solution
Apply SAT patch number 6653.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744771
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746702
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=762484
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=762963
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773393
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773401
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2625.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 64234
File Name: suse_11_xen-201208-120803.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/25/2013
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:vm-install, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-kmp-trace, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xen-tools-domu, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2012