Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-5165 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

xen was updated to fix the following security issues:

  • CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model (bsc#939712, XSA-140)
  • CVE-2015-5166: Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol (bsc#939709, XSA-139)
  • CVE-2015-2751: Certain domctl operations could have be used to lock up the host (bsc#922709, XSA-127)
  • CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow (bsc#935634, XSA-137)
  • CVE-2015-4164: DoS through iret hypercall handler (bsc#932996, XSA-136)
  • CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xen-12066=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xen-12066=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-12066=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-12066=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_12-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-devel-4.2.5_12-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_12-15.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_12-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_12-15.1

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