Security update for Xen
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
The Xen hypervisor and toolset has been updated to 4.2.2_06
to fix various bugs and security issues:
The following security issues have been addressed:
* CVE-2013-2194: Various integer overflows in the ELF
loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2195: Various pointer dereferences issues in
the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2196: Various other problems in the ELF
loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2078: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
exception recovery on XSETBV was fixed. (XSA-54)
* CVE-2013-2077: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
exception recovery on XRSTOR was fixed. (XSA-53)
* CVE-2013-2211: libxl allowed guest write access to
sensitive console related xenstore keys. (XSA-57)
* CVE-2013-2076: An information leak on XSAVE/XRSTOR
capable AMD CPUs (XSA-52) was fixed, where parts of this
state could leak to other VMs.
Also the following bugs have been fixed:
* performance issues in mirror lvm (bnc#801663)
* aacraid driver panics mapping INT A when booting
kernel-xen (bnc#808085)
* Fully Virtualized Windows VM install failed on Ivy
Bridge platforms with Xen kernel (bnc#808269)
* Did not boot with i915 graphics controller with VT-d
enabled (bnc#817210)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-2194
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* CVE-2013-2195
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* CVE-2013-2196
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:1314-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #801663 #808085 #808269 #817210 #820917 #820919 #820920 #823011 #823608 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available.
Description:
The Xen hypervisor and toolset has been updated to 4.2.2_06
to fix various bugs and security issues:
The following security issues have been addressed:
* CVE-2013-2194: Various integer overflows in the ELF
loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2195: Various pointer dereferences issues in
the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2196: Various other problems in the ELF
loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
* CVE-2013-2078: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
exception recovery on XSETBV was fixed. (XSA-54)
* CVE-2013-2077: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
exception recovery on XRSTOR was fixed. (XSA-53)
* CVE-2013-2211: libxl allowed guest write access to
sensitive console related xenstore keys. (XSA-57)
* CVE-2013-2076: An information leak on XSAVE/XRSTOR
capable AMD CPUs (XSA-52) was fixed, where parts of this
state could leak to other VMs.
Also the following bugs have been fixed:
* performance issues in mirror lvm (bnc#801663)
* aacraid driver panics mapping INT A when booting
kernel-xen (bnc#808085)
* Fully Virtualized Windows VM install failed on Ivy
Bridge platforms with Xen kernel (bnc#808269)
* Did not boot with i915 graphics controller with VT-d
enabled (bnc#817210)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-2194
* CVE-2013-2195
* CVE-2013-2196
Special Instructions and Notes:
Please reboot the system after installing this update.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xen-201307-8063 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-201307-8063 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xen-201307-8063
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- xen-devel-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
- xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586):
- xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
- xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586):
- xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2194.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2195.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2196.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/801663
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/808085
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/808269
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/817210
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/820917
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/820919
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/820920
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/823011
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/823608
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6f245c857571421a6701c20d04b046cb