Security update for xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1042-1
Rating: important
References: #906689 #931625 #931626 #931627 #931628 #932770 #932790 #932996
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    Xen was updated to fix seven security issues and one non-security bug.

    The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

    * CVE-2015-4103: Potential unintended writes to host MSI message data
    field via qemu (XSA-128) (bnc#931625)
    * CVE-2015-4104: PCI MSI mask bits inadvertently exposed to guests
    (XSA-129) (bnc#931626)
    * CVE-2015-4105: Guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages
    (XSA-130) (bnc#931627)
    * CVE-2015-4106: Unmediated PCI register access in qemu (XSA-131)
    (bnc#931628)
    * CVE-2015-4163: GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref operation misbehavior (XSA-134)
    (bnc#932790)
    * CVE-2015-3209: heap overflow in qemu pcnet controller allowing guest to
    host escape (XSA-135) (bnc#932770)
    * CVE-2015-4164: DoS through iret hypercall handler (XSA-136) (bnc#932996)

    The following non-security bug was fixed:

    * bnc#906689: let systemd schedule xencommons after network-online.target
    and remote-fs.target so that xendomains has access to remote shares

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-262=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-262=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-devel-4.4.2_06-21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-tools-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_06-21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_06-21.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_06-21.1

    References: