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Fedora 21 : xen-4.4.2-9.fc21 (2015-12714)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85361

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

QEMU heap overflow flaw while processing certain ATAPI commands.
[XSA-138, CVE-2015-5154] (#1247142) rebuild efi grub.cfg if it is present (#1239309), add gcc5 build fixes, one needed for the following patch, modify gnutls use in line with Fedora's crypto policies (#117935)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243563

http://www.nessus.org/u?69c01674

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85361

File Name: fedora_2015-12714.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5154

FEDORA: 2015-12714