Fedora 19 : xen-4.2.2-6.fc19 (2013-9986)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67395

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Information leak on XSAVE/XRSTOR capable AMD CPUs [XSA-52, CVE-2013-2076] (#970206) Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XRSTOR [XSA-53, CVE-2013-2077] (#970204) Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XSETBV [XSA-54, CVE-2013-2078] (#970202) Multiple vulnerabilities in libelf PV kernel handling [XSA-55] (#970640)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67395

File Name: fedora_2013-9986.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2076, CVE-2013-2077, CVE-2013-2078

BID: 60277, 60278, 60282

FEDORA: 2013-9986

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