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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3633-1 (xen - security update)

🗓️ 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.netType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3633-1 (xen - security update). Multiple vulnerabilities in Xen hypervisor: denial of service, privilege escalation, and input sanitizing issues

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3633.nasl 3784 2016-08-02 08:07:52Z antu123 $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3633-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703633);
    script_version("$Revision: 6608 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8338", "CVE-2016-4480", "CVE-2016-4962", "CVE-2016-5242",
                  "CVE-2016-6258");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3633-1 (xen - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:05 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-02 10:55:39 +0530 (Tue, 02 Aug 2016)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "xen on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "Xen is a hypervisor providing services
that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer
hardware concurrently.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (jessie),
these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.1-9+deb8u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been
discovered in the Xen hypervisor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:

CVE-2015-8338 
Julien Grall discovered that Xen on ARM was susceptible to denial
of service via long running memory operations.

CVE-2016-4480 
Jan Beulich discovered that incorrect page table handling could
result in privilege escalation inside a Xen guest instance.

CVE-2016-4962 
Wei Liu discovered multiple cases of missing input sanitising in
libxl which could result in denial of service.

CVE-2016-5242 
Aaron Cornelius discovered that incorrect resource handling on
ARM systems could result in denial of service.

CVE-2016-6258 
Jeremie Boutoille discovered that incorrect pagetable handling in
PV instances could result in guest to host privilege escalation.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed
software version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxen-4.4:amd64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxen-4.4:i386", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxen-dev", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxenstore3.0:amd64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxenstore3.0:i386", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-system-amd64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-system-arm64", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-system-armhf", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-utils-4.4", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xen-utils-common", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xenstore-utils", ver:"4.4.1-9+deb8u6", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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07 Jul 2017 00:00Current
0.8Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.8
EPSS0.00547
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