Fedora 20 : xen-4.3.2-1.fc20 (2014-2802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72765

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

update to xen-4.3.2 (includes fix for 'Excessive time to disable caching with HVM guests with PCI passthrough'), use-after-free in xc_cpupool_getinfo() under memory pressure

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72765

File Name: fedora_2014-2802.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/3/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2212, CVE-2014-1950

BID: 61424, 65529

FEDORA: 2014-2802

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