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openSUSE 10 Security Update : xen (xen-2156)

🗓️ 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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openSUSE 10 Security Update: xen-2156 patch fixes x86_64 crash issue running Xe

Code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update xen-2156.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(27482);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : xen (xen-2156)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the xen-2156 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes an issue on x86_64 in which a user-level application
can crash the guest OS when running Xen.

The AC (alignment check) flag in RFLAGS was not being cleared on entry
to the guest kernel, causing unwanted faults because the kernel runs
in ring 3 on Xen."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected xen packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  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-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-doc-pdf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-doc-ps");
  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-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xen-tools-ioemu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yast2-vm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/10/17");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  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 !~ "^(SUSE10\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.1", 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:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-devel-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-doc-html-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-doc-pdf-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-doc-ps-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-libs-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-tools-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"xen-tools-ioemu-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", reference:"yast2-vm-2.13.62-4.2") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-libs-32bit-3.0.2_09763-0.8") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xen");
}

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