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openSUSE Security Update : Xen (openSUSE-SU-2012:0548-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74606

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This is a XEN bugfix update fixing lots of bugs and one security issue.

CVE-2012-0029: Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.

Solution

Update the affected Xen packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740165

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743414

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744014

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744771

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745005

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745221

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745367

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745880

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746702

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747331

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753165

https://features.opensuse.org/

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00055.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74606

File Name: openSUSE-2012-243.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virt-manager, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-pae, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-virtinst, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-kmp-desktop

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0029