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Fedora 25 : xen (2017-054729ab08)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99256

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create [CVE-2017-7377] (#1437873) x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout [XSA-212, CVE-2017-7228] (#1438804)

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Solution

Update the affected xen package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-054729ab08

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99256

File Name: fedora_2017-054729ab08.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2017

Updated: 6/3/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xen

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7228, CVE-2017-7377

FEDORA: 2017-054729ab08

IAVB: 2017-B-0042-S