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Debian DSA-4369-1 : xen - security update

2019-01-1500:00:00
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor :

  • CVE-2018-19961 / CVE-2018-19962 Paul Durrant discovered that incorrect TLB handling could result in denial of service, privilege escalation or information leaks.

  • CVE-2018-19965 Matthew Daley discovered that incorrect handling of the INVPCID instruction could result in denial of service by PV guests.

  • CVE-2018-19966 It was discovered that a regression in the fix to address CVE-2017-15595 could result in denial of service, privilege escalation or information leaks by a PV guest.

  • CVE-2018-19967 It was discovered that an error in some Intel CPUs could result in denial of service by a guest instance.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4369. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(121168);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-19961", "CVE-2018-19962", "CVE-2018-19965", "CVE-2018-19966", "CVE-2018-19967");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4369");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4369-1 : xen - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor :

  - CVE-2018-19961 / CVE-2018-19962
    Paul Durrant discovered that incorrect TLB handling
    could result in denial of service, privilege escalation
    or information leaks.

  - CVE-2018-19965
    Matthew Daley discovered that incorrect handling of the
    INVPCID instruction could result in denial of service by
    PV guests.

  - CVE-2018-19966
    It was discovered that a regression in the fix to
    address CVE-2017-15595 could result in denial of
    service, privilege escalation or information leaks by a
    PV guest.

  - CVE-2018-19967
    It was discovered that an error in some Intel CPUs could
    result in denial of service by a guest instance."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19961"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19962"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19965"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19966"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15595"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19967"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/xen"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the xen packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-19961");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/12/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


var flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxen-4.8", reference:"4.8.5.final+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxen-dev", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxenstore3.0", reference:"4.8.5.final+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-arm64", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-armhf", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-amd64", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-arm64", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-armhf", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-utils-4.8", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-utils-common", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xenstore-utils", reference:"4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxxenp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0