Fedora 20 : xen-4.3.1-1.fc20 (2013-20517)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70813

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

update to xen-4.3.1, Lock order reversal between page allocation and grant table lock ocaml xenstored mishandles oversized message replies systemd changes to allow oxenstored to be used instead of xenstored

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70813

File Name: fedora_2013-20517.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4416, CVE-2013-4494

BID: 63404, 63494

FEDORA: 2013-20517

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