6.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor :
CVE-2018-7540 Jann Horn discovered that missing checks in page table freeing may result in denial of service.
CVE-2018-7541 Jan Beulich discovered that incorrect error handling in grant table checks may result in guest-to-host denial of service and potentially privilege escalation.
CVE-2018-7542 Ian Jackson discovered that insufficient handling of x86 PVH guests without local APICs may result in guest-to-host denial of service.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4131. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(107123);
script_version("3.4");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:46");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7540", "CVE-2018-7541", "CVE-2018-7542");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4131");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4131-1 : xen - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor :
- CVE-2018-7540
Jann Horn discovered that missing checks in page table
freeing may result in denial of service.
- CVE-2018-7541
Jan Beulich discovered that incorrect error handling in
grant table checks may result in guest-to-host denial of
service and potentially privilege escalation.
- CVE-2018-7542
Ian Jackson discovered that insufficient handling of x86
PVH guests without local APICs may result in
guest-to-host denial of service."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7540"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7541"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7542"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/xen"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the xen packages.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/05");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxen-4.8", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxen-dev", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxenstore3.0", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-arm64", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-hypervisor-4.8-armhf", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-amd64", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-arm64", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-system-armhf", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-utils-4.8", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xen-utils-common", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"xenstore-utils", reference:"4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | xen | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xen |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7540
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7541
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7542
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/xen
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7540
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7541
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7542
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131
6.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%