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FreeBSD xen-kernel x86 security update (45ca25b5-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
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# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
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# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
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# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(95500);
  script_version("3.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7092");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- x86: Disallow L3 recursive pagetable for 32-bit PV guests (45ca25b5-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The Xen Project reports :

On real hardware, a 32-bit PAE guest must leave the USER and RW bit
clear in L3 pagetable entries, but the pagetable walk behaves as if
they were set. (The L3 entries are cached in processor registers, and
don't actually form part of the pagewalk.)

When running a 32-bit PV guest on a 64-bit Xen, Xen must always OR in
the USER and RW bits for L3 updates for the guest to observe
architectural behaviour. This is unsafe in combination with recursive
pagetables.

As there is no way to construct an L3 recursive pagetable in native
32-bit PAE mode, disallow this option in 32-bit PV guests.

A malicious 32-bit PV guest administrator can escalate their privilege
to that of the host."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214936"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-185.html"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/45ca25b5-ba4d-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1bd2ccd1"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xen-kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/09/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"xen-kernel<4.7.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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