Upstream information

CVE-2017-10915 at MITRE

Description

The shadow-paging feature in Xen through 4.8.x mismanages page references and consequently introduces a race condition, which allows guest OS users to obtain Xen privileges, aka XSA-219.

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 6.8 6.2
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Medium High
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Complete
Integrity Impact Partial Complete
Availability Impact Partial Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9 8.1
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1042915 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.5_12_k3.12.74_60.64.45-22.18.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1121
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_21_k3.12.61_52.77-22.42.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1118
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.5_12_k3.12.74_60.64.45-22.18.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1121
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_21_k3.12.61_52.77-22.42.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_21-22.42.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1118
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
  • xen >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.5_12_k3.12.74_60.64.45-22.18.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.5_12-22.18.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1121

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.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 xen Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 xen Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL xen In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ESPOS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 xen Not affected