Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1408-1
Rating: moderate
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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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This security update of Xen fixes the following issues:

  • bsc#939712 (XSA-140): QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model (CVE-2015-5165)
  • bsc#938344: qemu,kvm,xen: host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (CVE-2015-5154)

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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-Xen-12035=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-devel-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-libs-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-17.1
    • xen-kmp-trace-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-tools-4.1.6_08-17.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.1.6_08-17.1

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