Security update for Xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1135-1
Rating: important
References: #762484 #777084 #777090
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
    		•

    An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    XEN was updated to fix multiple bugs and security issues.

    The following security issues have been fixed:

    * CVE-2012-3494: xen: hypercall set_debugreg
    vulnerability (XSA-12)
    * CVE-2012-3515: xen: Qemu VT100 emulation
    vulnerability (XSA-17)
    * CVE-2012-2625: xen: pv bootloader doesn't check the
    size of the bzip2 or lzma compressed kernel, leading to
    denial of service

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-3494
    >
    * CVE-2012-3515
    >
    * CVE-2012-2625
    >

    Indications:

    Everyone using XEN should update.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • xen-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-devel-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-html-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-pdf-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-ps-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-debug-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-default-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-kdump-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-smp-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-libs-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-domU-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-ioemu-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • xen-libs-32bit-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586):
    • xen-kmp-bigsmp-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-kdumppae-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-vmi-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-vmipae-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • xen-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-devel-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-html-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-pdf-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-doc-ps-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-default-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-smp-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-libs-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-domU-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-ioemu-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • xen-libs-32bit-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586):
    • xen-kmp-bigsmp-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • xen-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-devel-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-debug-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-kmp-kdump-3.2.3_17040_40_2.6.16.60_0.97.32-0.7.2
    • xen-libs-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • xen-tools-ioemu-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • xen-libs-32bit-3.2.3_17040_40-0.7.2

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2625.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3494.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/762484
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777084
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777090
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=7abce5ad0bd27a8e2084fe946c37389f