Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4945-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-46835 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-46835 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-46836 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-46836 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-46836: Fixed BTC/SRSO fixes not fully effective (bsc#1216807).
  • CVE-2023-46835: Fixed mismatch in IOMMU quarantine page table levels on x86/AMD (bsc#1216654).

Update to Xen 4.17.3 bug fix release (bsc#1027519).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4945=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4945=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-4945=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4945=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-4945=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • xen-libs-64bit-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • xen-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-tools-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.3_02-150500.3.18.1

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