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openSUSE: Security Advisory for xen (openSUSE-SU-2016:0124-1)

🗓️ 15 Jan 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Xen update for openSUSE, fixing multiple security issues including buffer overflows and DoS vulnerabilities

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851157");
  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:"2016-01-15 06:15:23 +0100 (Fri, 15 Jan 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5307", "CVE-2015-7311", "CVE-2015-7504", "CVE-2015-7549",
                "CVE-2015-7970", "CVE-2015-8104", "CVE-2015-8339", "CVE-2015-8340",
                "CVE-2015-8341", "CVE-2015-8345", "CVE-2015-8504", "CVE-2015-8550",
                "CVE-2015-8554", "CVE-2015-8555", "CVE-2015-8558");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-11-16 20:21:00 +0000 (Mon, 16 Nov 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for xen (openSUSE-SU-2016:0124-1)");

  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:"This update for xen fixes the following security issues:

  - CVE-2015-8550: paravirtualized drivers incautious about shared memory
  contents (XSA-155, boo#957988)

  - CVE-2015-8558: qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in
  DoS (boo#959006)

  - CVE-2015-7549: qemu pci: null pointer dereference issue (boo#958918)

  - CVE-2015-8504: qemu: ui: vnc: avoid floating point exception (boo#958493)

  - CVE-2015-8554: qemu-dm buffer overrun in MSI-X handling (XSA-164,
  boo#958007)

  - CVE-2015-8555: information leak in legacy x86 FPU/XMM initialization
  (XSA-165, boo#958009)

  - boo#958523 xen: ioreq handling possibly susceptible to multiple-read
  issue (XSA-166)

  - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in processing
  command block list (boo#956832)

  - boo#956592: xen: virtual PMU is unsupported (XSA-163)

  - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error handling issues
  (XSA-159, boo#956408)

  - CVE-2015-8341: xen: libxl leak of pv kernel and initrd on error
  (XSA-160, boo#956409)

  - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in pcnet emulator
  (XSA-162, boo#956411)

  - CVE-2015-7311: xen: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with
  qemu-xen (xsa-142, boo#947165)

  - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in
  microcode via #DB exception (boo#954405)

  - CVE-2015-5307: xen: x86: CPU lockup during fault delivery (XSA-156,
  boo#954018)

  - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is
  not preemptible (XSA-150, boo#950704)");

  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:"2016:0124-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-devel", rpm:"xen-devel~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-default", rpm:"xen-kmp-default~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-default-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-default-debuginfo~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-desktop", rpm:"xen-kmp-desktop~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs", rpm:"xen-libs~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-libs-debuginfo~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-domU", rpm:"xen-tools-domU~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-domU-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-tools-domU-debuginfo~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen", rpm:"xen~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-doc-html", rpm:"xen-doc-html~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-32bit", rpm:"xen-libs-32bit~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools", rpm:"xen-tools~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-tools-debuginfo~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-xend-tools", rpm:"xen-xend-tools~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-xend-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-xend-tools-debuginfo~4.3.4_10~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-pae", rpm:"xen-kmp-pae~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", rls:"openSUSE13.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo", rpm:"xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo~4.3.4_10_k3.11.10_29~53.1", 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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