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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703140
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3140-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xen' package(s) announced via the DSA-3140-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xen' package(s) announced via the DSA-3140-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security issues have been discovered in the Xen virtualisation solution which may result in denial of service, information disclosure or privilege escalation.

CVE-2014-8594

Roger Pau Monne and Jan Beulich discovered that incomplete restrictions on MMU update hypercalls may result in privilege escalation.

CVE-2014-8595

Jan Beulich discovered that missing privilege level checks in the x86 emulation of far branches may result in privilege escalation.

CVE-2014-8866

Jan Beulich discovered that an error in compatibility mode hypercall argument translation may result in denial of service.

CVE-2014-8867

Jan Beulich discovered that an insufficient restriction in acceleration support for the REP MOVS instruction may result in denial of service.

CVE-2014-9030

Andrew Cooper discovered a page reference leak in MMU_MACHPHYS_UPDATE handling, resulting in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.4-3+deb7u4.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.1-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.1-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xen' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8594
BugTraq ID: 71149
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
Debian Security Information: DSA-3140 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0226 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0256 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
XForce ISS Database: xen-cve20148594-sec-byass(98767)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8595
BugTraq ID: 71151
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71151
http://secunia.com/advisories/62537
XForce ISS Database: xen-cve20148595-priv-esc(98768)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98768
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8866
BugTraq ID: 71332
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332
http://secunia.com/advisories/59937
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8867
BugTraq ID: 71331
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71331
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0783
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59949
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9030
BugTraq ID: 71207
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71207
XForce ISS Database: xen-mmumachphysupdate-dos(98853)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98853
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