Upstream information

CVE-2016-4962 at MITRE

Description

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 4.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication Single Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete Partial
Integrity Impact Complete Partial
Availability Impact Complete Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.7
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3

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 entry: 979620 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xen-12702
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.3_08_k3.12.59_60.45-17.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1238
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_07_3.0.101_77-37.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.4_07_3.0.101_77-37.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_07-37.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp4-xen-12702
slessp4-xen-12702
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.3_08_k3.12.59_60.45-17.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1238
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_04_k3.12.60_52.54-22.22.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1476
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.4_04_k3.12.60_52.54-22.22.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1476
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.3_08-17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1238

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.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Not affected
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 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Not affected
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 Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu May 12 09:58:56 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:25:08 2024