Security update for Xen
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
Xen has been updated to version 4.2.5 with additional patches to fix six
security issues:
* Guest effectable page reference leak in MMU_MACHPHYS_UPDATE handling
(CVE-2014-9030).
* Insufficient bounding of "REP MOVS" to MMIO emulated inside the
hypervisor (CVE-2014-8867).
* Excessive checking in compatibility mode hypercall argument
translation (CVE-2014-8866).
* Guest user mode triggerable VM exits not handled by hypervisor
(bnc#903850).
* Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of far branches
(CVE-2014-8595).
* Insufficient restrictions on certain MMU update hypercalls
(CVE-2014-8594).
These non-security issues have been fixed:
* Xen save/restore of HVM guests cuts off disk and networking
(bnc#866902).
* Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
(bnc#882089).
* Increase limit domUloader to 32MB (bnc#901317).
* Adjust xentop column layout (bnc#896023).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-9030
* CVE-2014-8867
* CVE-2014-8866
* CVE-2014-8595
* CVE-2014-8594
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1700-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #866902 #882089 #896023 #901317 #903850 #903967 #903970 #905465 #905467 #906439 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.
Description:
Xen has been updated to version 4.2.5 with additional patches to fix six
security issues:
* Guest effectable page reference leak in MMU_MACHPHYS_UPDATE handling
(CVE-2014-9030).
* Insufficient bounding of "REP MOVS" to MMIO emulated inside the
hypervisor (CVE-2014-8867).
* Excessive checking in compatibility mode hypercall argument
translation (CVE-2014-8866).
* Guest user mode triggerable VM exits not handled by hypervisor
(bnc#903850).
* Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of far branches
(CVE-2014-8595).
* Insufficient restrictions on certain MMU update hypercalls
(CVE-2014-8594).
These non-security issues have been fixed:
* Xen save/restore of HVM guests cuts off disk and networking
(bnc#866902).
* Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
(bnc#882089).
* Increase limit domUloader to 32MB (bnc#901317).
* Adjust xentop column layout (bnc#896023).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-9030
* CVE-2014-8867
* CVE-2014-8866
* CVE-2014-8595
* CVE-2014-8594
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-11sp3-2014-11-26-10018 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-11sp3-2014-11-26-10018 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xen-11sp3-2014-11-26-10018
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xen-devel-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xen-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-doc-html-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_02_3.0.101_0.40-0.7.1
- xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-libs-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-tools-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- xen-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-doc-html-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_02_3.0.101_0.40-0.7.1
- xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-libs-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-tools-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
- xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_02-0.7.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8594.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8595.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8866.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8867.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9030.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866902
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882089
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896023
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901317
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903850
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903967
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903970
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905465
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905467
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906439
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b64990dee077b443be24ed84558ed00b