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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 99507
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for xen fixes the following security issues :- CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442).
- CVE-2017-6414: Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object (bsc#1027570).
- CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5:zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-xen-13067=1
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1:zypper in -t patch slemap21-xen-13067=1
SUSE Manager 2.1:zypper in -t patch sleman21-xen-13067=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-13067=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-xen-13067=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-xen-13067=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027570
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1028235
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030442
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6414/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6505/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 99507
File Name: suse_SU-2017-1058-1.nasl
Version: 3.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/20/2017
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-html
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2017