Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-3646 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-3646 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2

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

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis (bsc#1091107, bsc#1027519).

These non-security issue were fixed:

  • bsc#1102116: SSBD is not virtualized for guests
  • bsc#1101684: Not able to disable the visibility of the new CPU flags

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 for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-2688=1 SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-2483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2018-2688=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2018-2483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-2483=1 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-2688=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_95-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_98-default-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ESPOS 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_95-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_98-default-2-2.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_95-default-2-2.1
    • kgraft-patch-4_4_121-92_98-default-2-2.1

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