CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
42.0%
AMD CPUs since ~2014 have extensions to normal x86 debugging functionality. Xen supports guests using these extensions.
Unfortunately there are errors in Xen’s handling of the guest state, leading to denials of service.
CVE-2023-34327 - An HVM vCPU can end up operating in the context of a previous vCPUs debug mask state.
CVE-2023-34328 - A PV vCPU can place a breakpoint over the live GDT.
This allows the PV vCPU to exploit XSA-156 / CVE-2015-8104 and lock up the CPU entirely.
For CVE-2023-34327, any guest (PV or HVM) using Debug Masks normally for it’s own purposes can cause incorrect behaviour in an unrelated HVM vCPU, most likely resulting in a guest crash.
For CVE-2023-34328, a buggy or malicious PV guest kernel can lock up the host.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(182973);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/15");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-34327", "CVE-2023-34328");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0081-S");
script_name(english:"Xen: x86/AMD: Debug Mask handling (XSA-444)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Xen hypervisor installation is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"AMD CPUs since ~2014 have extensions to normal x86 debugging functionality. Xen supports guests using these
extensions.
Unfortunately there are errors in Xen's handling of the guest state, leading to denials of service.
- CVE-2023-34327 - An HVM vCPU can end up operating in the context of
a previous vCPUs debug mask state.
- CVE-2023-34328 - A PV vCPU can place a breakpoint over the live GDT.
This allows the PV vCPU to exploit XSA-156 / CVE-2015-8104 and lock
up the CPU entirely.
For CVE-2023-34327, any guest (PV or HVM) using Debug Masks normally for it's own purposes can cause incorrect
behaviour in an unrelated HVM vCPU, most likely resulting in a guest crash.
For CVE-2023-34328, a buggy or malicious PV guest kernel can lock up the host.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-444.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/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:U/C:N/I:N/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-2023-34328");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:xen:xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("xen_server_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Xen Hypervisor", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
var fixes;
var app = 'Xen Hypervisor';
var app_info = vcf::xen_hypervisor::get_app_info(app:app);
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
fixes['4.15']['fixed_ver'] = '4.15.5';
fixes['4.15']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.15.5 (changeset 4a4daf6)';
fixes['4.15']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4\.15([^0-9]|$)";
fixes['4.15']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('1f0d217', 'c844124',
'75aa1c9', '9a502b6', '3ab7e4a', '609b76c', '844bcf0', 'ff2ba13',
'586aab2', '964840a', '8c1075d', '60aed4c', '1b8dbe4', '0a70ce9',
'3a9a290', 'd7b7804', 'b007f82', 'dac9060', 'd39e5cf', 'd75cb6d',
'93504b3', '67b9743', '806893a', '094cd5c', 'db3386e', '0517763', 'da7f151');
fixes['4.17']['fixed_ver'] = '4.17.3';
fixes['4.17']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.17.3-pre (changeset 0b56bed)';
fixes['4.17']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4\.17([^0-9]|$)";
fixes['4.17']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('3f8b444', '46d00db',
'42bf49d', 'f5e2116', '8ee1924', '3797742', 'e7059f1', '8a58412',
'eb4efda', '78143c5', 'f1cd620', 'd665c66', '0d8f9f7', 'c4e05c9',
'90c540c', '9ac2f49', '19ee1e1', '2e2c3ef', 'e4a71bc', '5f7efd4',
'ba023e9', '3952c73', '84690fb', 'dc28aba', 'd2d2dca', 'd31e5b2',
'699de51', '8be85d8', 'a939e95', '7ca58fb', '0429822', 'ba360fb',
'5116fe1', 'e08e733', '1bd4523', 'a885649', 'd0cdd34', 'f04295d',
'e5f9987', '7b5155a', '052a8d2', 'f00d563', 'e418a77', '24487fe',
'ae1045c', '37f1d68', '476d262', 'a1f68fb', '36e84ea', '56076ef',
'1c3927f', '8d84be5', '7d88979', '2f337a0');
vcf::xen_hypervisor::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, fixes:fixes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
42.0%