RHEL 5 : xsa183_xen (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - xsa183 xen: x86: Missing SMAP whitelisting in 32-bit exception / event delivery XSA-183 CVE-2016-6259 Note that...

CVE-2016-6259

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention SMAP whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service hypervisor and VM crash by triggering a safety check...