Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | xen security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2016:2963 | First vendor Publication | 2016-12-20 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2016-12-20 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.7 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| Problem Description: An update for xen is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: Xen is a virtual machine monitor Security Fix(es): * An out of bounds array access issue was found in the Xen virtual machine monitor, built with the QEMU ioport support. It could occur while doing ioport read/write operations, if guest was to supply a 32bit address parameter. A privileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges on a host. (CVE-2016-9637) Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1397043 - CVE-2016-9637 XSA199 Xen: qemu ioport out-of-bounds array access (XSA-199) |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2963.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-02-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-1270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-03 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-03 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-03 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-56.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-27 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3273-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-27 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-bcbae0781f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-21 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20161220_xen_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-21 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-21 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-2963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-21 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-cc2916dcf4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3174-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3174-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-cc2916dcf4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-16 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-14 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3156-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-13 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3083-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3067-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-09 | Name : The remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. File : citrix_xenserver_CTX219136.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-08 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0171.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-08 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-3044-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-08 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2018-01-05 09:26:25 |
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| 2016-12-22 13:22:45 |
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| 2016-12-20 17:21:09 |
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