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openSUSE: Security Advisory for xen (openSUSE-SU-2015:1964-1)

🗓️ 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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Security Advisory for xen package update on openSUSE 13.1. Fixes 13 security issues including CVE-2015-7972, CVE-2015-7969, CVE-2015-7971, and other

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851133");
  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:"2015-11-13 06:32:23 +0100 (Fri, 13 Nov 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0222", "CVE-2015-4037", "CVE-2015-5154", "CVE-2015-5165",
                "CVE-2015-5166", "CVE-2015-5239", "CVE-2015-6815", "CVE-2015-7311",
                "CVE-2015-7835", "CVE-2015-7969", "CVE-2015-7971", "CVE-2015-7972");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-02-11 14:52:00 +0000 (Fri, 11 Feb 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for xen (openSUSE-SU-2015:1964-1)");
  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 13 security issues.

  These security issues were fixed:

  - CVE-2015-7972: Populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash
  guests (bsc#951845).

  - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS)
  (bsc#950703).

  - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array
  (DoS) (bsc#950705).

  - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate
  limiting (bsc#950706).

  - CVE-2015-4037: Insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c (bsc#932267).

  - CVE-2014-0222: Validate L2 table size to avoid integer overflows
  (bsc#877642).

  - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests
  (bsc#950367).

  - CVE-2015-7311: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with
  qemu-xen (bsc#947165).

  - CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device
  model (bsc#939712).

  - CVE-2015-5166: Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol
  (bsc#939709).

  - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and
  protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).

  - CVE-2015-6815: e1000: infinite loop issue (bsc#944697).

  - CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).

  This non-security issue was fixed:

  - bsc#941074: VmError: Device 51728 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug
  scripts not working.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xen on openSUSE 13.1");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2015:1964-1");
  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=openSUSE13\.1");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-debugsource", rpm:"xen-debugsource~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-devel", rpm:"xen-devel~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-default", rpm:"xen-kmp-default~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-default-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-default-debuginfo~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-desktop", rpm:"xen-kmp-desktop~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs", rpm:"xen-libs~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-libs-debuginfo~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-domU", rpm:"xen-tools-domU~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-domU-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-tools-domU-debuginfo~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen", rpm:"xen~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-doc-html", rpm:"xen-doc-html~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-32bit", rpm:"xen-libs-32bit~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools", rpm:"xen-tools~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-tools-debuginfo~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-xend-tools", rpm:"xen-xend-tools~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-xend-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-xend-tools-debuginfo~4.3.4_06~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-pae", rpm:"xen-kmp-pae~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo~4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29~50.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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