Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2013-0241)

low Nessus Plugin ID 68725

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0241 advisory.

- The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk. (CVE-2012-4544)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xen, xen-devel and / or xen-libs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 68725

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0241.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4544

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xen-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4544

BID: 56289

RHSA: 2013:0241

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