Fedora 21 : xen-4.4.1-4.fc21 (2014-11271)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77933

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram [XSA-104] (#1145736) Missing privilege level checks in x86 HLT, LGDT, LIDT, and LMSW emulation [XSA-105] (#1145737) Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of software interrupts [XSA-106] (#1145738)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77933

File Name: fedora_2014-11271.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7154, CVE-2014-7155, CVE-2014-7156

BID: 59982, 70055, 70057, 70062

FEDORA: 2014-11271

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