Security update for xen

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2015:1302-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#925466 bsc#935256 bsc#935634 bsc#938344
Cross-References:	CVE-2015-3259 CVE-2015-5154
CVSS scores:
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

xen was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow (bsc#935634, XSA-137). - CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).

These non-security issues were fixed: - Restart of xencommons service did lead to loss of xenstore data (bsc#935256). - Kdump did not work in a XEN environment (bsc#925466).

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 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-344=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-344=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-344=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-344=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
  • xen-libs-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64)
  • xen-devel-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
  • xen-libs-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
  • xen-libs-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
  • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
  • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=925466
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=935256
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=935634
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=938344