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Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2011-0496)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68272

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0496 advisory.

 [3.0.3-120.el5_6.2]
 - Fix logic and integer overflow in xc_try_bzip2_decode() (rhbz 696938)
 - Fix logic and integer overflow in xc_try_lzma_decode() (rhbz 696938)
 - Fix integer and buffer overflows in xc_dom_probe_bzimage_kernel() (rhbz 696938)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xen, xen-devel and / or xen-libs packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0496.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68272

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0496.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1583

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3262

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-libs

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1583, CVE-2011-3262

RHSA: 2011:0496