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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703633
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3633-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xen' package(s) announced via the DSA-3633-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xen' package(s) announced via the DSA-3633-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2015-8338

Julien Grall discovered that Xen on ARM was susceptible to denial of service via long running memory operations.

CVE-2016-4480

Jan Beulich discovered that incorrect page table handling could result in privilege escalation inside a Xen guest instance.

CVE-2016-4962

Wei Liu discovered multiple cases of missing input sanitising in libxl which could result in denial of service.

CVE-2016-5242

Aaron Cornelius discovered that incorrect resource handling on ARM systems could result in denial of service.

CVE-2016-6258

Jeremie Boutoille discovered that incorrect pagetable handling in PV instances could result in guest to host privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.1-9+deb8u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'xen' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8338
BugTraq ID: 78920
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78920
Debian Security Information: DSA-3633 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034390
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4480
BugTraq ID: 90710
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90710
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035901
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4962
BugTraq ID: 91006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91006
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036023
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5242
BugTraq ID: 91015
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91015
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036035
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6258
BugTraq ID: 92131
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92131
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036446
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