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SUSE: Security Advisory for Xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1)

🗓️ 13 Oct 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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SUSE: Security Advisory for Xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1) The remote host is missing an update for the 'Xen' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Xen was updated to fix two security issues and a bug

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850752");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-13 14:29:31 +0530 (Tue, 13 Oct 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3456", "CVE-2015-3340");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.7");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for Xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'Xen'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Xen was updated to fix two security issues and a bug:

  * CVE-2015-3456: A buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation,
  which could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or
  potential code execution against the host. This vulnerability is
  also known as VENOM.

  * CVE-2015-3340: Xen did not initialize certain fields, which allowed
  certain remote service domains to obtain sensitive information from
  memory via a (1) XEN_DOMCTL_gettscinfo or (2)
  XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist request.

  * An exception in setCPUAffinity when restoring guests. (bsc#910441)

  Security Issues:

  * CVE-2015-3456

  * CVE-2015-3340


  Special Instructions and Notes:

  Please reboot the system after installing this update.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Xen on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2015:0927-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=SLES11\.0SP3");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES11.0SP3") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-default", rpm:"xen-kmp-default~4.2.5_06_3.0.101_0.47.52~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs", rpm:"xen-libs~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-domU", rpm:"xen-tools-domU~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen", rpm:"xen~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-doc-html", rpm:"xen-doc-html~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-doc-pdf", rpm:"xen-doc-pdf~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-32bit", rpm:"xen-libs-32bit~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools", rpm:"xen-tools~4.2.5_06~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-pae", rpm:"xen-kmp-pae~4.2.5_06_3.0.101_0.47.52~0.7.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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