Fedora 18 : xen-4.2.3-10.fc18 (2013-22312)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71247

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock, Hypercalls exposed to privilege rings 1 and 2 of HVM guests, Insufficient TLB flushing in VT-d (iommu) code

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71247

File Name: fedora_2013-22312.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/8/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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: 11/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4553, CVE-2013-4554, CVE-2013-6375

BID: 63830, 63931

FEDORA: 2013-22312

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