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Scientific Linux Security Update : xen on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120731)

2012-08-0300:00:00
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The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Scientific Linux.

A flaw was found in the way the pyGrub boot loader handled compressed kernel images. A privileged guest user in a para-virtualized guest (a DomU) could use this flaw to create a crafted kernel image that, when attempting to boot it, could result in an out-of-memory condition in the privileged domain (the Dom0). (CVE-2012-2625)

All users of xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, the xend service must be restarted for this update to take effect.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(61408);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2625");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : xen on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120731)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for
managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Scientific Linux.

A flaw was found in the way the pyGrub boot loader handled compressed
kernel images. A privileged guest user in a para-virtualized guest (a
DomU) could use this flaw to create a crafted kernel image that, when
attempting to boot it, could result in an out-of-memory condition in
the privileged domain (the Dom0). (CVE-2012-2625)

All users of xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After
installing the updated packages, the xend service must be restarted
for this update to take effect."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1208&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=335
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7f83e6ce"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/10/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 5.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"xen-3.0.3-135.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-135.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5_8.4")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xen / xen-debuginfo / xen-devel / xen-libs");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxxenp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen
fermilabscientific_linuxxen-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxxen-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxxen-libsp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:xen-libs
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux