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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3847-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 09, 2017                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : xen
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-9932 CVE-2016-10013 CVE-2016-10024
                 CVE-2017-7228 

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3847-1: xen security update

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : xen
CVE ID : CVE-2016-9932 CVE-2016-10013 CVE-2016-10024
CVE-2017-7228

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