openSUSE Security Update : xen-201105 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0578-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76048

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Collective May/2011 update for Xen

Xen :

- 675363 - Random lockups with kernel-xen. Possibly graphics related.

- 679344 - Xen: multi-vCPU pv guest may crash host

- 681044 - update xenpaging.autostart.patch

- 681302 - xm create -x <guest> returns 'ImportError: No module named ext'

- 688473 - potential buffer overflow in tools

- 691738 - Xen does not find device create with npiv block

vm-install :

- 688757 - SLED10SP4 fully virtualized in SLES10SP4 XEN - kernel panic

- 678152 - Xen: virt-manager: harmless block device admin actions on FV guests mess up network (VIF) device type ==> network lost.

- 631680 - OpenSUSE 11.3 KVM install of windows xp fails on first reboot during installation.

Solution

Update the affected xen-201105 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76048

File Name: suse_11_4_xen-201105-110510.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource, 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:xen-kmp-pae, 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-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vm-install, 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: 5/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1146, CVE-2011-1166, CVE-2011-1486, CVE-2011-1583

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