Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4073-1
Release Date: 2024-11-27T07:34:48Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-45817 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-45817 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-45818 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
  • CVE-2024-45818 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-45819 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-45819 ( 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

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

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2024-45818: xen: Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling (bsc#1232622)
  • CVE-2024-45819: xen: libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables (bsc#1232624)
  • CVE-2024-45817: xen: x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error() (bsc#1230366)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Removed usage of net-tools-deprecated from supportconfig plugin (bsc#1232542)

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-4073=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-4073=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-4073=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-devel-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-devel-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-devel-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-libs-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.13.5_16-150200.3.99.1

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