Upstream information

CVE-2015-4164 at MITRE

Description

The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 932996 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 950367 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
sdksp3-xen-201506
sledsp3-xen-12066
sledsp3-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • xen >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-262
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.25.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.25.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-0.25.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.0.3_21548_18-0.25.1
 Patchnames:
slessp1-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
 Patchnames:
slessp2-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
sdksp3-xen-201506
slessp3-xen-12066
slessp3-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-262
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
sdksp3-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Released
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun May 31 11:30:18 2015
CVE page last modified: Tue Jan 17 14:46:44 2023