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Fedora 24 : xen (2016-389be30b95)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92081

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

fix for CVE-2016-2858 doesn't build with qemu-xen enabled Unsanitised guest input in libxl device handling code [XSA-175, CVE-2016-4962] (#1342132) Unsanitised driver domain input in libxl device handling [XSA-178, CVE-2016-4963] (#1342131) arm: Host crash caused by VMID exhaust [XSA-181] (#1342530) Qemu: display: vmsvga: out-of-bounds read in vmsvga_fifo_read_raw() routine [CVE-2016-4454] (#1340741) Qemu:
display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine [CVE-2016-4453] (#1340746) Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd [CVE-2016-5238] (#1341931)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-389be30b95

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92081

File Name: fedora_2016-389be30b95.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2858, CVE-2016-4453, CVE-2016-4454, CVE-2016-4962, CVE-2016-4963, CVE-2016-5238, CVE-2016-5242