Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2326-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-7504 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 12 vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following security issues:

  • bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list

  • bsc#956592 - xen: virtual PMU is unsupported (XSA-163)

  • bsc#956408 - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error handling issues (XSA-159)

  • bsc#956409 - CVE-2015-8341: xen: libxl leak of pv kernel and initrd on error (XSA-160)

  • bsc#956411 - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in pcnet emulator (XSA-162)

  • bsc#947165 - CVE-2015-7311: xen: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen (xsa-142)

  • bsc#954405 - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

  • bsc#954018 - CVE-2015-5307: xen: x86: CPU lockup during fault delivery (XSA-156)

  • bsc#950704 - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible (XSA-150)

  • bsc#951845 - CVE-2015-7972: xen: x86: populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests (XSA-153)

  • bsc#950703 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-149)

  • bsc#950705 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: x86: leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-151)
  • bsc#950706 - CVE-2015-7971: xen: x86: some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (XSA-152)

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-20151203-12274=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xen-20151203-12274=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-20151203-12274=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-20151203-12274=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_18_3.0.101_0.47.71-21.1
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_18-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.2.5_18_3.0.101_0.47.71-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_18-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-devel-4.2.5_18-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_18_3.0.101_0.47.71-21.1
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_18-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.2.5_18_3.0.101_0.47.71-21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_18-21.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-libs-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.2.5_18_3.0.101_0.47.71-21.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-tools-4.2.5_18-21.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.2.5_18-21.1

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