Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02030-1
Release Date: 2025-06-20T07:04:04Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( NVD ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2024-28956 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

  • CVE-2024-28956: Fixed Intel CPU: Indirect Target Selection (ITS) (XSA-469) (bsc#1243117)

Other fixes:

  • Upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519)

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2030=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2025-2030=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • xen-devel-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1

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