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openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2019-631) (Foreshadow)

Security update for xen fixing speculative execution vulnerabilit

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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 openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2019-631.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(123273);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/03/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3646");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-2019-631) (Foreshadow)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This update for xen fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing
    speculative execution and address translations may have
    allowed unauthorized disclosure of information residing
    in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user
    access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault
    and a side-channel analysis (bsc#1091107, bsc#1027519).

  - Incorrect MSR_DEBUGCTL handling let guests enable BTS
    allowing a malicious or buggy guest administrator can
    lock up the entire host (bsc#1103276) This update was
    imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027519");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1091107");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103276");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected xen packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-3646");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_rationale", value:"Scoring adjustsed to align with CVSS 3.1 attack complexity guidance.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/08/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-libs-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domU");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-domU-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-debugsource-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-devel-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-libs-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-libs-debuginfo-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-tools-domU-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-doc-html-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-libs-32bit-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-tools-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-tools-debuginfo-4.10.1_08-lp150.2.9.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xen / xen-debugsource / xen-devel / xen-doc-html / xen-libs-32bit / etc");
}

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