Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1421-1
Rating: important
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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 SP1 LTSS 11-SP1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

Xen was updated to fix the following security issues:

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

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 SP1 LTSS 11-SP1
    zypper in -t patch slessp1-xen-12039=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS 11-SP1 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
    • xen-kmp-trace-4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-29.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-29.1
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
    • xen-tools-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
    • xen-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS 11-SP1 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.0.3_21548_18_2.6.32.59_0.19-29.1

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