Upstream information

CVE-2015-5166 at MITRE

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 939709 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 950367 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
sledsp3-xen-12066
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_12_3.0.101_63-23.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_12_3.0.101_63-23.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-Xen-12033
sledsp4-Xen-12033
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • xen >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_10_k3.12.44_52.10-22.8.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-398
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-398
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_12_3.0.101_0.47.55-15.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
slessp3-xen-12066
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_12_3.0.101_63-23.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_12_3.0.101_63-23.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-Xen-12033
slessp4-Xen-12033
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_10_k3.12.44_52.10-22.8.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-398
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-398
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_12-15.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-12066
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_12-23.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-Xen-12033
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_10-22.8.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-398

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xen Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xen Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xen Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 28 18:26:00 2015
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:22:14 2024