Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-7504 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following security issues:

  • bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list

  • bsc#956408 - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error handling issues (XSA-159) xsa159.patch

  • bsc#956411 - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in pcnet emulator (XSA-162)

  • bsc#954405 - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

  • bsc#953527 - CVE-2015-5307: kernel: kvm/xen: x86: avoid guest->host DOS by intercepting #AC (XSA-156)

  • bsc#950704 - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible (XSA-150)

  • bsc#951845 - CVE-2015-7972: xen: x86: populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests (XSA-153)

  • bsc#950703 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-149)

  • bsc#950705 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: x86: leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-151)
  • bsc#950706 - CVE-2015-7971: xen: x86: some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (XSA-152)

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-20151201-12273=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (x86_64 i586)
    • xen-devel-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-kmp-trace-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-23.1
    • xen-libs-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (i586)
    • xen-kmp-pae-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (x86_64)
    • xen-doc-pdf-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-tools-4.1.6_08-23.1
    • xen-4.1.6_08-23.1

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