CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
Updated xen packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
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.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:0496. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(53853);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1583", "CVE-2011-3262");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:0496");
script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : xen (RHSA-2011:0496)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated xen packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System
(CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is
available from the CVE link in the References section.
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_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0496"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1583"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3262"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected xen, xen-devel and / or xen-libs packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/05/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/05/10");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2011:0496";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"xen-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"xen-devel-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-devel-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"xen-libs-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"xen-libs-3.0.3-120.el5_6.2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xen / xen-devel / xen-libs");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | xen | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen |
redhat | enterprise_linux | xen-devel | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen-devel |
redhat | enterprise_linux | xen-libs | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen-libs |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.6 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.6 |