Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2012-1130)

low Nessus Plugin ID 68588

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1130 advisory.

- The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image. (CVE-2012-2625)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 68588

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1130.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2625

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2625

BID: 53650

RHSA: 2012:1130

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