| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors, related to the use of memory after it is freed, allows attackers to obtain confidential information, increase their privileges, or cause the application to terminate abnormally. | 14 Apr 202200:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX230138) | 7 Dec 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1230-1 : xen security update | 8 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1559-1 : xen security update | 31 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-4050-1 : xen - security update | 29 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 26 : xen (2017-16a414b3c5) | 3 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 27 : xen (2017-4bfcd57172) | 15 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201801-14 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities | 15 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0176) | 14 Dec 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2017-0177) | 14 Dec 201700:00 | – | nessus |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17045 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(258532);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/30");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17045");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-17045");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host
OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the
mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors. (CVE-2017-17045)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17045");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
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-2017-17045");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "16.04",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "libxen-4.6"},
{"reference": "libxen-dev"},
{"reference": "libxenstore3.0"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-arm64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.5-armhf"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64"},
{"reference": "xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf"},
{"reference": "xen-system-amd64"},
{"reference": "xen-system-arm64"},
{"reference": "xen-system-armhf"},
{"reference": "xen-utils-4.6"},
{"reference": "xen-utils-common"},
{"reference": "xenstore-utils"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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