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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842579
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2846-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2846-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux' package(s) announced via the USN-2846-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized
drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the
paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host.
(CVE-2015-8550)

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not
perform consistency checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference) on the host.
(CVE-2015-8551)

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk discovered the Xen PCI backend driver does not
perform consistency checks on the device's state. An attacker could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service by flooding the logging system with
WARN() messages causing the initial domain to exhaust disk space.
(CVE-2015-8552)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.7

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8550
BugTraq ID: 79592
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592
Debian Security Information: DSA-3434 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
Debian Security Information: DSA-3471 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Debian Security Information: DSA-3519 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0911 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1102 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1764 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8551
BugTraq ID: 79546
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034480
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1707 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:1937 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:2105 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2184 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8552
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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