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Fedora 18 : xen-4.2.1-7.fc18 (2013-2225)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64678

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

adjust gcc 4.8 fixes guest using oxenstored can crash host or exhaust memory [XSA-38, CVE-2013-0215] (#907888), guest using AMD-Vi for PCI passthrough can cause denial of service [XSA-36, CVE-2013-0153] (#910914), fixes for gcc 4.8

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906323

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910903

http://www.nessus.org/u?740bb9ac

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64678

File Name: fedora_2013-2225.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0153, CVE-2013-0215

BID: 57742, 57745

FEDORA: 2013-2225