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Fedora 22 : xen-4.5.1-8.fc22 (2015-15944)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86162

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen [XSA-142 (possible fix)] ---- Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol [XSA-139, CVE-2015-5166] QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model [XSA-140, CVE-2015-5165]

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248760

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248997

http://www.nessus.org/u?4aab1a85

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86162

File Name: fedora_2015-15944.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5165, CVE-2015-5166, CVE-2015-7311

FEDORA: 2015-15944