Debian: DSA-3390-1: xen security update

It was discovered that the code to validate level 2 page table entries is bypassed when certain conditions are satisfied. A malicious PV guest administrator can take advantage of this flaw to gain privileges via a crafted superpage mapping.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3390-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
November 02, 2015                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : xen
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-7835

It was discovered that the code to validate level 2 page table entries
is bypassed when certain conditions are satisfied. A malicious PV guest
administrator can take advantage of this flaw to gain privileges via a
crafted superpage mapping.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 4.1.4-3+deb7u9.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.4.1-9+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

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