Debian DSA-3847-1 Critical: Xen Escalation and Information Leak
debian
May 9, 2017
Jan Beulich and Jann Horn discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Xen hypervisor, which may lead to privilege escalation, guest-to-host breakout, denial of service or informatio...
Summary
Jan Beulich and Jann Horn discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Xen
hypervisor, which may lead to privilege escalation, guest-to-host
breakout, denial of service or information leaks.
In additional to the CVE identifiers listed above, this update also
addresses the vulnerabilities announced as XSA-213, XSA-214 and XSA-215.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.4.1-9+deb8u9.
For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 4.8.1-1+deb9u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.8.1-1+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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CVE ID: CVE-2016-9932 CVE-2016-10013 CVE-2016-10024
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