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CentOS Update for xen CESA-2011:0496 centos5 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'xen' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. It was found that the xc_try_bzip2_decode() and xc_try_lzma_decode() decode routines did not correctly check for a possible buffer size overflow in the decoding loop. As well, several integer overflow flaws and missing error/range checking were found that could lead to an infinite loop. A privileged guest user could use these flaws to crash the guest or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the privileged management domain (Dom0). All xen users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-May/017538.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880508");
  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:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:0496");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1583");
  script_name("CentOS Update for xen CESA-2011:0496 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'xen'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xen on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for
  managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise
  Linux.

  It was found that the xc_try_bzip2_decode() and xc_try_lzma_decode() decode
  routines did not correctly check for a possible buffer size overflow in the
  decoding loop. As well, several integer overflow flaws and missing
  error/range checking were found that could lead to an infinite loop. A
  privileged guest user could use these flaws to crash the guest or,
  possibly, execute arbitrary code in the privileged management domain
  (Dom0). (CVE-2011-1583)

  All xen users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
  contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be
  rebooted for this update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen", rpm:"xen~3.0.3~120.el5_6.2", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-devel", rpm:"xen-devel~3.0.3~120.el5_6.2", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xen-libs", rpm:"xen-libs~3.0.3~120.el5_6.2", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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