Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1456-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-10981 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-10982 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-3639 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-3639 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-3639 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

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

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-3639: Spectre V4 – Speculative Store Bypass aka "Memory Disambiguation" (bsc#1092631)

This feature can be controlled by the "ssbd=on/off" commandline flag for the XEN hypervisor. - CVE-2018-10982: x86 vHPET interrupt injection errors (XSA-261 bsc#1090822) - CVE-2018-10981: qemu may drive Xen into unbounded loop (XSA-262 bsc#1090823)

Other bugfixes:

  • Upstream patches from Jan (bsc#1027519)
  • additional fixes related to Page Table Isolation (XPTI). (bsc#1074562 XSA-254)
  • qemu-system-i386 cannot handle more than 4 HW NICs (bsc#1090296)

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-996=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-996=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-devel-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-doc-html-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-doc-html-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-doc-html-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.9.2_06-3.32.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.2_06-3.32.1

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