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Debian: Security Advisory for xen (DSA-5184-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xen' package(s) announced via the DSA-5184-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in privilege escalation. In addition this updates provides mitigations for the Retbleed speculative execution attack and the MMIO stale data vulnerabilities. For additional information please refer to the following pages: [link moved to references]
Affected Software
Affected Software
'xen' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4.14.5+24-g87d90d511c-1. We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.