Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2856-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-15588 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15588 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15589 ( SUSE ): 3.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-15589 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-15590 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15590 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15592 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15592 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15593 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15593 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15594 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15594 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15595 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15595 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5526 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5526 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes several issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5526: The ES1370 audio device emulation support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue allowing a privileged user inside the guest to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host (bsc#1059777)
  • CVE-2017-15593: Missing cleanup in the page type system allowed a malicious or buggy PV guest to cause DoS (XSA-242 bsc#1061084)
  • CVE-2017-15592: A problem in the shadow pagetable code allowed a malicious or buggy HVM guest to cause DoS or cause hypervisor memory corruption potentially allowing the guest to escalate its privilege (XSA-243 bsc#1061086)
  • CVE-2017-15594: Problematic handling of the selector fields in the Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT) allowed a malicious or buggy x86 PV guest to escalate its privileges or cause DoS (XSA-244 bsc#1061087)
  • CVE-2017-15589: Intercepted I/O write operations with less than a full machine word's worth of data were not properly handled, which allowed a malicious unprivileged x86 HVM guest to obtain sensitive information from the host or other guests (XSA-239 bsc#1061080)
  • CVE-2017-15595: In certain configurations of linear page tables a stack overflow might have occured that allowed a malicious or buggy PV guest to cause DoS and potentially privilege escalation and information leaks (XSA-240 bsc#1061081)
  • CVE-2017-15588: Under certain conditions x86 PV guests could have caused the hypervisor to miss a necessary TLB flush for a page. This allowed a malicious x86 PV guest to access all of system memory, allowing for privilege escalation, DoS, and information leaks (XSA-241 bsc#1061082)
  • CVE-2017-15590: Multiple issues existed with the setup of PCI MSI interrupts that allowed a malicious or buggy guest to cause DoS and potentially privilege escalation and information leaks (XSA-237 bsc#1061076)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1778=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • xen-kmp-default-4.4.4_24_k3.12.61_52.92-22.54.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-libs-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-tools-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.4_24_k3.12.61_52.92-22.54.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-4.4.4_24-22.54.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.4_24-22.54.1

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