2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%
According to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. On Arm, a guest is allowed to control whether memory access bypass the cache. This means that Xen needs to ensure that all writes (such as the ones during scrubbing) have reached memory before handing over the page to a guest. Unfortunately the operation to clean the cache happens before checking if the page was scrubbed. Therefore there is no guarantee when all the writes will reach the memory. A malicious guest may be able to read sensitive data from memory that previously belonged to another guest.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(146596);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/01/26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-26933");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2021-B-0011-S");
script_name(english:"Xen Scrubbed Pages Cache Information Disclosure (XSA-364)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Xen hypervisor installation is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Xen hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by an
information disclosure vulnerability. On Arm, a guest is allowed to control whether memory access bypass the cache. This
means that Xen needs to ensure that all writes (such as the ones during scrubbing) have reached memory before handing
over the page to a guest. Unfortunately the operation to clean the cache happens before checking if the page was
scrubbed. Therefore there is no guarantee when all the writes will reach the memory. A malicious guest may be able to
read sensitive data from memory that previously belonged to another guest.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-364.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-26933");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/02/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/02/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/02/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:xen:xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("xen_server_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Xen Hypervisor", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
app = 'Xen Hypervisor';
app_info = vcf::xen_hypervisor::get_app_info(app:app);
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
fixes['4.9']['fixed_ver'] = '4.9.99';
fixes['4.9']['fixed_ver_display'] = 'See vendor advisory';
fixes['4.9']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4\.9\.";
fixes['4.10']['fixed_ver'] = '4.10.99';
fixes['4.10']['fixed_ver_display'] = 'See vendor advisory';
fixes['4.10']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4\.10\.";
fixes['4.11']['fixed_ver'] = '4.11.4';
fixes['4.11']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.11.4 (changeset 80cad58)';
fixes['4.11']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4.11.";
fixes['4.11']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('1c7d984', 'f9090d9',
'310ab79', '2d49825', '24f7d03', 'f1f3dee', '1e87058', '4cc2387',
'4053771', 'b3f4121', 'e36f81f', '1034a45', '7791d2e', '5724431',
'495e973', '771a105', 'b3f80a3', '966f266', '57261ac', '1b7ed67',
'0a6bbf9', '6be47ee', '2fe5a55', '36621b7', '88f6ff5', '170445f',
'550387f', '0297770', 'd2b6bf9', '41a822c', '8ab4af9', '4fe1326',
'4438fc1', '2a730d5', '62aed78', '1447d44', '3b5de11', '65fad0a',
'b5eb495', 'e274c8b', '1d021db', '63199df', '7739ffd', '4f35f7f',
'490c517', '7912bbe', 'f5ec9f2', 'ad7d040', '3630a36', '3263f25',
'3e565a9', '30b3f29', '3def846', 'cc1561a', '6e9de08', '13f60bf',
'9703a2f', '7284bfa', '2fe163d', '2031bd3', '7bf4983', '7129b9e',
'ddaaccb', 'e6ddf4a', 'f2bc74c', 'd623658', '37c853a', '8bf72ea',
'2d11e6d', '4ed0007', '7def72c', '18be3aa', 'a3a392e', 'e96cdba',
'2b77729', '9be7992', 'b8d476a', '1c751c4', '7dd2ac3', 'a58bba2',
'7d8fa6a', '4777208', '48e8564', '2efca7e', 'afe82f5', 'e84b634', '96a8b5b');
fixes['4.12']['fixed_ver'] = '4.12.4';
fixes['4.12']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.12.4 (changeset 4cf5929)';
fixes['4.12']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4.12.";
fixes['4.12']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('8d26cdd', 'f1f3226',
'cce7cbd', '2525a74', 'c8b97ff', '2186c16', '51e9505', '4943ea7',
'3c13a87', 'd4b884b', '7da9325', 'd6d3b13', '9fe89e1', 'd009b8d',
'674108e', 'bfda5ae', '551d75d', '5e1bac4', 'f8443e8', '655190d',
'f860f42', '9f73020', 'aeebc0c', 'f1a4126', 'b1efedb', '4739f79',
'0dbcdcc', '444b717', '544a775', 'c64ff3b', '8145d38', '14f577b',
'40ab019', '1dd870e', '5c15a1c', '6602544', '14c9c0f', 'dee5d47',
'7b2f479', '46ad884', 'eaafa72', '0e6975b', '8e0c2a2', '51eca39',
'7ae2afb', '5e11fd5', '34056b2', 'fd4cc0b', '4f9294d', '97b7b55');
fixes['4.13']['fixed_ver'] = '4.13.3';
fixes['4.13']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.13.3-pre (changeset ab995b6)';
fixes['4.13']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4.13.";
fixes['4.13']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('e416193', '1dd5645',
'bbce51a', '95b5283', 'dc36f72', '0c78a9d', '10c7c21', 'bb534d6',
'16d0dc0', '13afcdf', 'd39eb6f', 'a2f7ae1', 'd6a55f1', 'c6196ca',
'18c0abb', '782aa4b', '6aea4d8', '12a41a8', '4056c3e', 'f4d84a2',
'65c187f', '2df79ff', 'b693968', '52a0a8f', '60e3727', '8cc0a86',
'ef765f6', 'b8f23da', 'ee416da', '1819c9d', '1ab192f', '2007c63',
'2948458', '4959626', '2fa586c', 'b530227', '74c5729', 'a1d8a6c',
'd064b65', '4f30743', '72031bc', '7d6f52d', 'ec09215');
fixes['4.14']['fixed_ver'] = '4.14.2';
fixes['4.14']['fixed_ver_display'] = '4.14.2-pre (changeset 9f357fe)';
fixes['4.14']['affected_ver_regex'] = "^4.14.";
fixes['4.14']['affected_changesets'] = make_list('4170218', '9028fd4',
'7f99c05', 'cad784f', 'e44321d', 'a3509dc', '5f9b0f9', 'a514c5e', '1b09f3d');
vcf::xen_hypervisor::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, fixes:fixes, severity:SECURITY_NOTE);
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%