Upstream information

CVE-2016-7154 at MITRE

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.2 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Access Vector Local Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Complete Partial
Integrity Impact Complete Partial
Availability Impact Complete Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.7
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 997731 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xen-12782
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_08_3.0.101_80-40.2
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.4_08_3.0.101_80-40.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_08-40.2
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xen-12782
slessp4-xen-12782
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_04_k3.12.60_52.54-22.22.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1476
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_04_k3.12.60_52.54-22.22.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1476

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 Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 xen Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 7 22:30:46 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:20:22 2023